Aug 20, 2004 11:24
Right, so, it's day 3 in Prague (technically, though really it's about day 2.23), and it's raining cats and dogs outside of Prague. This has, unfortunately, put the kabash on my intended 2nd split from the girls, who were and are intending to leave Prague today for Munich. I figured if I sent them on ahead today while I stayed behind for an extra day in Prague (which I'd use to take a bicycle tour, visit some gothic cathedrals, and maybe, if I could find a good Kabalist, resurrect the Golem, who is apparently still housed, intact but nonfunctional, in the Jewish quarter). Then, they'd be gone, and I could conveniently arrange some non-shared housing in Munich, take a walking tour there, make some new friends, and just sort of fail to get around to writing an email to les biaches informing them of my presence in Germany. Good plan, right? Only today it's raining cats and dogs in Prague, and, though I'm certainly not generally detoured from whatever scheme I have by a little precipitation, I've got to admit that today looks way more like a 'sitting on a train for 7 hours' kind of day then a 'taking a bike tour in the pouring rain' kind of day. Thus, I'm leaving on the same day they are, and so it seems a bit unnecessary to flaunt my dissatisfaction with my company by insisting on travelling alone--besides, revenge is so much easier if the victim doesn't see it coming.
I don't think that my train ride will necessarily lead to more shared housing, however. It's now clear that I'm not going to be travelling with them much longer--see below
Date Me Them
21 Munich Munich
24 Berlin Who cares?
26 London who cares?
30 Rome who cares?
1 Seattle who cares?
Accordingly, unless I'm inclined to meet them in Rome, I don't think I'll be seeing to much more of them.
I have, however, reestablished good terms with Sam, who I admit is in a very tough position betweem me and the hobag (who very clearly now do not get along), and now that she has bothered to say "damn, I'm in a tough position, and I'm really sorry all this happened--it never occurred to me that the two of you would hate each other the way you do, and I'm really, really sorry that you feel that you need to go, but I understand, and I'd love to go with you, but I just get really worried about Rachel when she's drunk, and I can't let her go off by herself..." I'm prepared to forgive Sam for both her atrocious lack of foresight, and her dismal subsequent handling of the situation. Nevertheless, as the interactions between the three of us are both uncomfortable and dreadfully boring, I'm out the do'.
So the new plan is find a place of my own, and actually buy a damn cel phone for 800 crowns, and get a sim card, and give Sam the number, so she can call me in Munich one night, and we can go out on the town, and Rachel can do her own damn thing for once on this trip. Which might actually be fun, instead of like last night, the three of us sitting aruond in stupid silence until I finally struck up a conversation with the people at the next table, at which time the the hobags were able to talk amongst themselves.
Anyway, Prague is lovely, and I'm sorry I didn't have more time to spend here. But I'm sure Munich will be just swell, too.
Well, thats enough.
Later, skaters
Weather: Rainy
Morale: Medium-high
Mood: Damp
Nookie: What do you think?