So I’m finally going back to London after a long stint in Prague, and again catching the 7.30am flight. But it wasn’t quite as simple as my last24hr dash to London, this time I was moving back. With all my shit.
I knew something was different. My 70lt bag was filled to about 105lt, my 2 carry-ons were choccas, and I literally couldn’t fit anything extra. I lugged them all to the airport, again on the tram, metro and bus, and checked in. I had to put my backpack in the over-sized luggage, and I was a bit suss leaving it because one bag was already sitting there and no one was there to receive them. Security guard insisted it was fine so I left it.
2hrs or so later I got to Luton Airport….My Backpack didn’t.
You watch the belt go around, bags thin out, eventually there is nothing left, a few confused people are standing around, and then the belt stops. Yup, our bags, all “over-sized” coincidently, didn’t make it on the plane.
At first I thought it might be a blessing in disguise, they would deliver my bag later on to my door, for free. Saving me the hassle of carrying it! But it ended up being 3 full days before I got my bag! More on this later..
But I did make it to Jons place, and in the first 2 days I had a (much needed) hair cut from Neel, went went to London Fields and discovered the popularity of hoola-hooping, caught up with Joe, and went to a crazy fancy dress party!
They finally released the trailer for The International! This Drama / Thriller directed by Tom Tykwer (Perfume, Run Lola Run) stars Clive Owen and Naomi Watts and will be released in February 2009.
Its my first major film credit, and I spent a good 4 months or more working on it. There’s only a small amount of my work in this trailer so you’ll have to go and see it!
Keleti Station is Budapest’s main international train station, but it is quite small and chaotic. Because it doesn’t have many platforms you only find out which one your train is leaving from a few minutes before hand, so everyone crowds in front of the boards waiting. When I did get on the train, I was at first in a nice car with air conditioning and talking to a guy from Slovakia.
About 10min into the trip, the air-con stopped working. Then the lights. Then when the Slovakian got off we stopped for about 20min while they fixed something on the train (not the air-con or lights).
Wondering what was going on I got talking to a Chilean guy who was wondering up and down the train trying to find out, and ended up sitting with his family in a different car which had no air-con so we could open the windows. But it was still boiling. And there was nowhere to get water!
We were later told the other car was a 1st class car, and it was put in second class BECAUSE the air-con didn’t work!! Bastards! haha.
At the next station the Chilean and a Brazilian guy ran out to grab some water and I had to stop the doors closing and the conductor from letting the train go without them! haha
11hrs later with no sleep and boiling, I got to prague and then back home where I could finally sleep!
Prague isn’t that big a city, especially for a capital, but not so when you compare it to Vraclav. A small village that is an hours’ walk from the nearest station of Vysoké Mýto, Vraclav is slightly remote. But that’s OK when you are building a largely self-sufficient house, as Sarka and Jakub are doing. Continue Reading…
Posted on May 4, 2008 Categories: czech.
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Steph has now returned to the big ol’ USA, happy to be going home, sad she wasn’t teaching in Spain, but had good times in Prague We went to a Spanish restaurant followed with a few drinks.
Next day I met Lauren who happened to be in Prague for a few days! She was mid travel with her folks, after spending a month discovering her roots in Ireland.
Posted on April 27, 2008 Categories: czech.
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The sun is making a frequent appearance now, and I finally begin to appreciate being in Prague! But it also means the tourist season is starting to ramp up big time. All the more reason to go to a less known park and avoid the crowds. Continue Reading…
