OThe trip has begun and I am full of anxiety. It started last night. I could not sleep. In the end, I think I dozed off here and there for about 3 hours. The rest, I stared at the ceiling. I finally got up at 4AM and got going. As usual, the plane that once looked wide open to Houston closed quickly. The good news was that we received seats pretty early. The bad news was that while boarding someone did something to the masks that fall down. Mechanical was called. In the end, they decided to leave the row without passengers. It caused the gate agent to start pulling standby's tickets back. They got to the couple that received tickets just after us. So we sat there for a half hour wondering if they would call us back. But they didn't. Nonetheless, I was stressed. I write this has we head to Houston. When we land, I need to immediately find a place to stay in Prague. We will get to Munich, hopefully in business class. There are a ton of seats on the Munich flight.
I am now writing this from a train that just left the Munich train station headed to Nuremberg and then to Prague. This will be a 6 hour train ride. Let me tell you this...flying Businrss Class is quite the experience. Constant flow of food and drink. Comfortable chairs that go into the prone position. Great sleep! It was nice to feel how the other half lives when travelling.
The Munich airport is very large and pretty. In between the two large terninals is this cool outside court of stores and stuff. It was pretty unique. Finding the train station was pretty easy. And getting the Bayern day train ticket was pretty easy. It is going to cost us only 30 euros to get into the Czech Republic (about $45). And once we cross the border, it is another 200 Kronas ($10) for the rest of the journey. Not too bad for a 6 hour trip. It would be a ton more if we used standard tickets. But this Bavarian day pass makes it pretty cheap for multiple riders.
I have been amazed by how green it is here. It is cool (about 60 degrees). It is fairly flat. And all the homes...get this....look German! Pretty fun. I am amazed how much alcohol is drank in public places. Young adults packing German beer every where with bottles opened at midday.
We arrived at the exact time we told Michal. And there he was, standing at the train platform waiting for us. He has not changed. The 6 hour train ride was a killer...seemed to last forever. We are both really tired. We jumped into Michal's Ford station wagon and headed out to find our 'hotel'. It was a good 20 minute drive winding through the streets of Prague getting to the outskirts of town. This place is on old farm house that they converted into a little inn. It is nice. We ate at the restaurant here on site with Michal and his father, who drove over from Brno to be with us. The food was really yummy and quite inexpensive (less than $10).
Well, it is lights out time. We are dead. Tomorrow we tour Prague.
Plane food.....
In between terminals at Munich....
Happy travelers.....
With Michal in front of train station....
Our room....
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