Although it was not possible for Patsy to have her
customary cup of tea in bed, the hotel’s breakfast was the best yet, rivaling
some of those we had in Vietnam. Today we were to reach the ultimate destination
of the previous days’ travels, Prague. Fortunately, we were able to do the bulk
of today’s travels on constructed motorways,
meaning the drive was fairly quick and painless. For this visit, Patsy had
organised some homestay accommodation in a suburb of Prague called Radotin. The
address was quite hard to find, so I was able to put my Czech into practice and
ask for directions at a sports centre, where they were playing wheelchair
hockey. Once we located the correct apartment block, the next step was how to
get in. We knew their name but couldn’t find it on the buzzer list. Eventually
the caretaker let us in but unfortunately this didn’t really get us any
further… Patsy had to call Barbora who was quite shocked that we had arrived,
despite sending confirmation emails and paying a deposit. The apartment was
very cluttered; with two children there was not much room to move. We went and
did our shopping and got orientated while Barbora sorted out the mess. She and
her children would stay at her parents’ place, which is just one block of flats
away. When we returned the place was marginally neater and we began to settle
in and cook dinner. Thomas works in the local University teaching German and
history and Barbora is currently unemployed, although she studied history at
the university.
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