Shawna called Mike and we arranged to meet the group to watch the Czech hockey game against the Swedes. The travelers all converged, the waitress discovered that we were better at English than Czech, and sent in the English waiter. We had “Pepsi Light” (diet Pepsi), local brew, local wine, local food. Fun time, we were disappointed that the Czech team lost, found the bathrooms marked “Toilety”, exchanaged stories and laughs, discussed how awesome the Pittsburgh teams were (GO STEELERS!! STEELER NATION - ALIVE IN OLOMOUC!), and had a fun time. The evening ended too soon, but new friendships were formed and we will all need to have a reunion in Phoenix when the expats return.
Luckily, Mike helped us to figure out the train route to Vienna for the next day. We took notes and then made sure that he was going with us to the train station in the morning.
Many thanks to Shawna, Mike and Cameron for a lovely weekend. I’m very happy to share in your life adventure and look forward to your return to our little Phoenix neighborhood. We will need to set up tables and chairs in the front yard and make our own café. I have several boxes of lights that we can string up for a café appearance.
Notes:
There are no self laundry businesses in the town. They have the small washer, dryer combo machines which don’t completely dry. The entire wash and partially dry cycle takes about 2.5 hours, so plan accordingly. I put a load in and hung shirts to fully dry.
Area is slightly hilly and streets are cobblestone. The bigger stones are quite level and easy to walk on, but the narrow black ones were difficult for me.
The modernized apartment:
The modernized apartment:
What a fun time to get to mix with people! I'm glad you got to visit people you know - that's a new one for your trips.
ReplyDeleteI second it for setting up neighborhood sidewalk cafes at home. Fun!