After the purchase of a Jolt Cola and an over priced and over sized Czech Republic map, we wound up at our Gothic-esque hotel "U Davida". By now it was hitting the 2am mark.. I had my doubts on whether the staff would answer the door. (For peace of mind and for the love of last minute internet deals, i excitingly booked into a 4 star hotel) . Anyway.. Knock Knock, Ring Ring, Bang Bang.. Finally a short and wide shadow came to the door, with a confused look on her face that looked much like a traditional style Czech Dumpling filled with Bacon bits then dropped on the floor. Then trod on twice. "Hello, we have a room for tonight" i blurted with a bit of get me into bed enthusiasm. "we're full" she yelped, then started to close the door on my face. I explained how we booked accommodation through an online booking agency and began ripping the booking invoices out of my pocket. She then started ranting on about a long weekend in Praha and we would have to stay somewhere else, blah blah everything booked out, blah blah sleep on the streets, blah blah broken English Go Away! After a half hour phone call to wotif.com and a few over-the-counter arguments, it was time to find somewhere else..
She was right.. Christi Himmelfahrt is a Religious holiday that is celebrated with a long weekend across parts of Europe, so on the 23rd attempt we got a positive "yes" from a hostel owner and were in bed at around 430 am. However, the next week things only got better.
Prague turned out to be 100 time better than i thought. By day; translucent gray skies, Long stone roads, Spiky Black castles, dazzling store windows, culinary delights. By night vampire crazed teens, tourist filled pubs, camera attracting architecture and pyrotechnic filled skies.
I spent a good part of a day carting around tripods, microphones and video gear and am slowly finding time to cut a short film on my discoveries.
