since my last blog I went to the city of PRAGUE in the czech republic (don't fall for the woke left 'czechia' meme). was going to blogpost about it while there and make some topical kingdom come: deliverance references, but didn't really get a free moment
Flight was at 6am on the sunday morning from stansted airport which (dox alert) I do not live near. We leave the house at like half one - bad start - so I am rawnekoing day 1 on only what sleep I get on the national express coach and the 2 hr flight itself.
Stansted is a real dive if you've not been there. You know those small town railway stations with like a broken ticket machine and 1 guy on duty? It felt like that. Was a little nicer after you get past the first set of barriers but rough start. Some parts look like those pop up vaccine centres in covid times. Prefab.
But anyway we get there far too early and have to wait around for ages. To break the monotony we go to the airport wetherspoons for 4am brekkie, and its even worse than you're imagining. Small, soggy, cold, tasteless, but enough about >my penis
Bingogirl is of course afraid of flying but I'm able to sooth her with my charisma and piercing glare. Ryanair flight so the sleep isn't great - very uncomfortable seating. However there is the usual psychological weight lifted off your shoulders the moment you are no longer flying over the united kingdom.
Prague was pretty from above - thin layer of snow/frost over the fields - but sadly airport is a while from the city so some more bus action needed. We buy our 3 day travel passes (only £11) and stamp them, then board the bus to find it is one of the only routes where the ticket isn't valid. Those czech pranksters.
It's a depressing city in a way, in that before you get to the pretty city centre you first pass through the outskirts, which consist of concrete commieblocks as far as the eye can see. soviets really did a number fr fr. But city is of course beautiful when you really get in there. All colourful buildings and medieval churches, red brick rooftops, old bridges etc. Had heard the city is usually flooded with tourists, but this must be firmly off-season because it wasn't really busy at all. Night and day compared to london.
