August 24, 2002
24/8/2002 Prague, Czech Republic (Phill)
24/8/2002 Prague, Czech Republic (Phill)
Another quick one, made it here okay. Talked to some nice Dutch people on the train. I just got an email to say that I might be able to meet my favorite uncle (gordon of course) in Prague tomorrow. He actually is working about 2 1/2 hours away from here, so we might be able to meet for lunch or dinner. Need to call him.
After negotiating a lower hostel rate we went back to the train station. Steve's off to Amsterdam (for the boat to Hull, England) and I want to go to Berlin. Problem is that the flooding is making the 4 hour train to Berlin 12 hours, with numerous change overs. Checking out buses which might work. Also conteplating the Krakow thing. Plus, my best friend John's plans to meet me in Helsinki in a month are getting complicated. Now we're not going down to Eastern Europe, instead we're going to Russia! Which means I need to get a Russian visa, takes 5 days in Helsinki. Sounds easy, just show up, drop off your passport and come back 5 days later. Except I can't leave the country without my passport, so I'll likely be stuck in Finland
for a week. I read that the borders are pretty lax so I could probably go back to Stockholm for the time. Who knows.
Prague is fine so far, havn't seen any damage from the flooding, but the town is noticably quiet. Plus, there's armoured vehicles and a heavy army/police presence everywhere we look. Metro's are still shut, the train today was rerouted because the train station is submerged. Interesting time to be here!
Posted by Admin at August 24, 2002 08:07 AM