DAY THREE
The flight to Prague was great. I don’t know who’s doing the Skytrax rating, but Swiss
Air is a lot better than Cathy Pacific – (Cathay has a five star ranking, along
with Singapore and a few other genuinely good airlines, while Swiss air, Qantas,
Emirates etc have four.) It might have something to do with safety because
Swiss went down in 1998 when a blanket caught on fire. It’s all trial and
error.
Bad things that happened to me today:
- Handle on my big suitcase snapped off – as in the little metal extendy thing just
broke off when I was carrying it up the stairs from the train station. I was left
with a long redundant steel pole, a 27kg bag and about 100 steps to go. - My camera died – piece of chhhraaap as they say in Prague
- I locked myself out of my own lock because I changed the combination and then
forgot what it was. - I almost missed my flight – as in they shut the door as soon as I came on, gave
me dirty looks and took off five minutes later
Good things that happened today:
- Handle on my luggage broke – smoking Czech man carried it up the stairs for me
- Camera died – no pressure to take photos. Guy at the camera store and I had a laugh about me asking if they still sold disposables. It was possibly at not with –
he was laughing in Czech so it was hard to tell. - Lost my combination – more vigilant now about keeping an eye on my suitcase – that crappy lock gave me a false sense of security.
- Nothing good came out of almost missing the flight. I had to do a degrading sprint through the airport, walk puffing down the aisle past first class – where the grass actually is greener – then business, still puffing, and finally to my seat in
economy – two rows from the back.
Sat next to a guy who sells anti-depressants for a living. Very interesting conversation – he had a conspiracy theory about generic drugs – apparently they contain the same active ingredient as the brand names, but the quality isn’t as good. It was all a bit man didn’t land on the moon for me, but he was friendly and (understandably) chirpy.
The Mosaic is amazing and way better than it looks in the pictures, which – for
anyone who’s ever stayed in a hostel – is a rarity. Paid 140 koruna for the
night and feel kind of guilty because it’s about 10 Aussie dollars and it’s better
than some hotels I’ve stayed at. Yay!
Czech you later
megsjessie 