King Krumlov Rides Again

Clearly I am not as quick a blogger as m Polish rival, but I will try to do a little better. I think the fact that I have not been in front of a computer is actually a good thing. It has been an amazing few days here.

After a night of recovering from jetlag, we headed down to Cesky Krumlov. Until I had the time to sit down and play with it, I had been unable to get my watch on Czech time, which wasn't helping with the jet lag. I just kept thinking about that time it was in Canada and how tired I should be. But I got that fixed and by the end of the third day I was on Czech time (6 hours ahead).

Cesky Krumlov is just as beautiful as I remember it, althought a bit more expensive and with more tourists. It is still cheap, one dollar for a pint of beer and about 6 dollars for a good meal, but that is up from last time when a good beer cost a quater. The hostel that we are in this time is a lot better though. We arrived on "Free Beer Wednesday" which is every Wednesday here. So the party started right away. There was a table tennis table outside and lots of great people to talk to. Of course we also met this guy Matt who went to Lorne Park (our high school). What a small world.

Dzido picked up a nickname while we were here. We were chatting with this older (probably mid 60s) English man called John, who asked where we were from. Dzido said he was from Poland. Later in the conversation Dzido used the word "vicarious" and John's jaw dropped and wondered how a guy from Poland knew that word. It was only then that we explained he had lived in Canada for most of his life. But the name stuck and the next morning Dzido was woken up by John shouting "Hey Vic" So now Dzido can go by either Vic or Vicarious, your choice.

One other Dzido related story that he would not want me to tell: if you have ever had the "pleasure" to sleep in the same room as Dzido, you will know that he snores like a wildabeast. Seriously, it is loud. Well he was going extra loud, to the point where some of the girls that we knew could hear him a floor below. People kept talking about "some guy" who was snoring so loud that no one could sleep. After that I have claimed it as my right to whack him in the face with a pillow whenever he snores, and I have done so on many occasions.

We have also been rafting and hiking in Cesky Krumlov and it has been fantastic. Although it is rather cold for this time of year (sweaters and pants most says when I expected shorts and t-shirts) it has been sunny, so it is not all bad. Yesterday the two of us and this Aussie girl called Ry went on a hike up to the top of one of the hills that surronds the city. It was a 16km hike, mostly through the woods and was very beautiful. We made it to the top and there was a bar where we could refresh ourselves after the long walk. Oh the Czech beer, so very tasty.

Last night we got to enjoy the first 2 games of the world cup (sorry Poland, you lost). We went to a little cafe to watch the game with a couple of American, a Brit and a guy from Chile. The girl who ran the place was Dutch/German and didnt have a license so we had to be quite or her neighbours would have called the police. But it was a lot of fun and afterwards we hit the town. Good times had by all.

Today we are going to relax, enjoy the England game and get ready to be on the move starting tomorrow.

Oh and on a weird note, the guy sitting beside me is fighting with his girlfriend about being allowed to read his e-mails. This is creepy and I can only write this because they cannot see my screen. But they are really going at it. I must get out of here.

NOTE: if the words are mispelled it is because I am both ignorant and because pushing down these keys in next to impossible.