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česke' Budějovice

Leaving Prague with nowhere to go and the Czech grandma

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Well i am currently in this town české Budějovice because there wasnt anywhere else to go in all of eastern europe. since i kind of plan things as a go i was left with no rooms anywhere. i was planning on going to either, Bratislava or Budapest next but there werent any rooms availible at all in either of these places. I tried looking in neighboring countries and couldnt find a damn thing, not in even in small towns in Hungry,Slavakia, Austria or Slovenia, and none in Prague, so i had to leave cause i coudlnt stay there, so i remembered, thank god, of a small village in the south of the Czech Republic that these guys mentioned to me in Krakow that was fantastic and gave me the name and number of the hostel where they stayed, so i called the hostal and they had a room so i caught the next train to this village. Well on the train on the way over here something verz verz very funny happened. i was sitting in the cabin with 3 other women, a very old woman, a middle aged woman, and a young girl, all Czechs. anyways i am sitting there reading my book and the other women are talking and this man comes into to the cabin and looks at us and closes his eyes and FARTS!!!!!! Then he left. I couldnt understand the old woman but i swear she must have said something like (did he just fart?) we started laughing so hard, we didnt understand what the hell that was all about, i mean i laughed for like 5 minutes, some like random man walks in farts and leaves (im laughing again just thinking about it) anzÿway that was just so random. well i arrived in this town 2 and a half hours later and almost got harrased by some gypsys who i knew were plotting to rob my backpack as i waited for the bus to take me to this hostel. Anyway, i make it to my hostal and ring the doorbell. This little old grandma sticks her head out of the window and starts speaking to me in Czech and im like "dont understand" and she said "maria" and i said zes that was me. well she opened the door and she spoke nothing but czech. she was explaning everzthing to me in Czech and using hand gestures, i kept answering "ya" like as if i was german was like "ya" "ya" everztime i understood something she was trying to tell me. its amaying how you dont need lamguage sometimes just hand gestures, expressions of the face and a simple "ya" to confirm you understood. its a quaint little room and hostal and its costingm me 6 euros a night so im okay now. im not quite sure how long i will stay even though i paid for 3 nights. I tried to find the town center, only to find it empty and no one on the street (these are the times i wish most places were like spain where on sundays, everyone is out having canas and tapas). well there isnt anyone around and i found this internet cafe and i ordered a beer. the beer cost me like 40 cents and its a STEIN of beer, i was like "wow thanks" I have learned that this town is known fo rthe beer cause this is where budweiser was first brewed, hence the name Budějovice, but the german way of saying this town is Budweiser. Now i dont know what the hell to do, its cold and rainy outside, like it has been on my whole trip. you know i havent been able to wear a tank top nor a skirt on my whole trip? i know when i get to italy ill be boiling, but for now i have to keep the sweater on which is fine, i rather be in places like this in the summer instead of suffoctaing from the heat down in the sounthern countries like spain or italy (damn this is good beer, am i rambling?)

Posted by missmadrid 10:35 AM Archived in Czech Republic

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