I got up at 3am so I could hurry up and quickly use the bathroom, have a drink and then put my last minute things into my bag before getting into the taxi. I just made it in time, just. We got into the taxi and along the way to the airport it was full of fog everywhere. There was practically no visibility along the way. When we arrived there was only a handful of people in the airport, two of them had their heads down and looked asleep and there was one security guard. The board sign go to terminal two but there was no information about that. I realized that there were two women walking out of the restricted area and I asked them where terminal two was, they just said to follow them. Seriously it was so cold outside and the walk was probably 10 minutes long, but we got there. It was an empty hanger with no one inside…again. But free WiFi!!! I tried to just rest and close my eyes, when we waited for almost an hour on the seats and finally were able to go through security. I beeped of course, so I got a FULL pat down by some massively scary looking Polish guy. I had to even remove my shoes for it, but then I thought maybe it was my earring that made the machine beep. No, when I said that they laughed. I was free to carry on. Thanks guys, thanks.
We sat waiting and waiting and waiting to get called onto the flight. It was meant to board at 5.15am and by 5.20 we were told that we needed to wait for another 20 minutes because of the bad weather conditions. It didn’t occur to me that the fog had caused so much of an issue, because we needed to actually get onto this flight to get our connecting flight. Thank God they finally let us onto the bus to board the plane, but when we did there was a really loud, annoying and obnoxious American lady who was asking her son if he checked the seat they were sitting on after she got up, in case they forgot something. She was blaming him for not checking the seat because she was on the phone. Mind you, she said all this out loud whilst on the bus and we were waiting to board our overdue flight. As she asked the staff at the airport the doors closed and the staff said there was nothing left behind…with a shrug of the shoulders. Ha, excellent.
Now the first flight was only 30 minutes. I was freaking out! Justin only had enough time to listen to two songs on his iPod and we just managed to get a drink and snack. But then there was the next flight we had to race for. We finally landed and ran for it to get to the next plane, which was flashing ‘final call’. We just made it in time and I asked them if my bag would also get onboard, they said that it should, but I didn’t feel like they were confident about it. We got onto the bus and the just as we got on the doors closed and it took off. Just made it! Thank God for that! I was joking about how the American lady was probably still on the plane checking her seat if she left anything behind.
This flight was about an hour. Right at the start as the plane was taxiing the runway, the pilot slammed the brakes on. Okay I’m fine with flying but don’t do that shit to me! This isn’t a fucking video game! We arrived at Prague airport and it was bigger than Krakow, but again there was nothing stopping us from taking anything into the country. No baggage checks, nothing. Not even a stamp in my passport! What is this!? Damn it Central / Eastern Europe!
We got AAA taxis because I read that they were decent and well priced. I’m pretty sure that the taxi driver took us along the scenic route along the way to the hotel because there clearly was no need to drive in and around the city just to get to the hotel. He stopped the meter as he got onto the traffic jammed highway near the hotel though, but still, I don’t think I needed to pay any extra regardless. It came to 705Kc but he gave me back 300Kc change, which was nice, but maybe he wanted a tip? I didn’t tip him. Seriously I gave you 1000Kc, take the right change from that. He didn’t get my bag out of the car for any of us after that.
We got into the Three Crowns Hotel and it was actually really nice inside, very modern and clean. It looked like it was just renovated, given that the front building has to be over 100 years old and the courtyard is pretty damn new. The courtyard had almost a resort type feeling with the deck and trees and such. We got there at 9.30am and we weren’t able to check in until 2pm. I sat for 30 minutes until I decided that I’d like to go for a walk to the Old Town, because it isn’t far from the hotel at all. Renata and Justin declined and I went by myself. I’m glad I did, I saw so much while I was in there. I got lunch for $6, soup, a drink and dumplings. It was far too much for me to eat, but I used the cafes WiFi like no tomorrow. I made my way back to the hotel and found out that they were just sitting in the place for most of the day, having drinks and they went nearby for lunch. I think I did the right thing, regardless.
We got up to the room, which was amazing. I got photos of the shower and sent them to Mum because it was honestly the most amazing thing. The shower is a waterfall showerhead, so it’s from the ceiling and has a massive head so it was amazing. The side was glass and the bottom was floating timbers. Fantastic! I think I spent about 30 minutes in it because after not having an actual shower since Amsterdam, two weeks is a long time to not have a good shower. Squatting in a half size bathtub with a handle is not a shower! Also it was an actual toilet in this place. Not the toilets in Poland where you get to see what you’ve just done before flushing.
We went for a nap and Justin and Renata decided to made it a sleep, they were gone for like 4 hours. I was chilling on my laptop just updating things for it, like my Facebook photos and such. For dinner we just settled on going to the restaurant down stairs and having a meal there. It was pretty good actually. After that we just chilled in the hotel room.
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