Level 3! BABY! - The Prague adventure
Prague is in the history books and I must say I didn't get involved with the tournament much. This is mainly because I was taking my level 3 test...and guess what; I passed!
KA CHING!
This was on saturday, so I went out and celebrated. Almost all the dutch players were out celebrating too, but this was because on of them had his birthday!
We went to a club called 'Karlovy Lazne', a name I will never ever forget.
We had the best time I had since I was there and around half past 5 in the morning I really had to leave. I still had to work that sunday and I was supposed to be at the tournament site at 7.30 AM. Because the Top8 was going start at 8 sharp.
I thought I was going to have a hard time staynig awake, but nothing was further from the truth.
After the Top8 was done, there was a judge dinner to attend. I went to the hotel for a quick shower, my second of that day, and a change of clothes.
We had lots of fun during the judge dinner. (Read: We had lots of beers during the judge dinner.)
I convinced some of the judges to come to the same club as I went the day before. Once entered I saw the girl I was chatting with the day before and I walked over to her. The other judges didn't know she was there the day before, so later I heard they thought I had picked up a girl in 5 seconds. They now all think I'm the biggest playah evah. :S
The girl, Laura, was there with some friends; Anna and Martina. Who soon enough got some attention from the rest of the crew. Hours went by and around 4.30 the other judges decided they had enough. They told me they were going home, I said I wanted to stay...
Since I was already kinda drunk, they told Laura she was 'responsible' for pointing me in the direction of my hotel once we got out of the club.
We got out around 6 AM and she and her friends walked me to the square my hotel was at. I didn't seem to remember which hotel was mine and asked if I could spend the night with her.
The next morning my phone rang. It was GisH asking me where I was all night, cause my roommate had told everybody at breakfast that I didn't show up all night. I told him I was still with Laura.
He asked me what time my flight left. I looked at my watch and said it had already left...
I hung up and turned over to sleep some more, but Laura asked me what's up and I told her I missed my flight. You should've seen her face, the expression was worth millions. My response to the question; So what are you going to do now? was golden too: - I'm going to sleep some more!
About 2 hours later FrankW called telling me I had to check out of the hotel within 15 minutes. I said I wasn't gonig to be able to make that and asked him if he could cut me a deal. He SMSed me that I could take up to an hour and a half. I told Laura and asked if she wanted to shower too.
After the shower we went to my hotel and I checked out. Then there was the matter of the missed flight...
I fixed myself a new return ticket, which was cheaper than a one-way. But the plane didn't leave until the next day. I asked Laura if I could stay another day and she kindly obliged.
KA CHING!
This was on saturday, so I went out and celebrated. Almost all the dutch players were out celebrating too, but this was because on of them had his birthday!
We went to a club called 'Karlovy Lazne', a name I will never ever forget.
We had the best time I had since I was there and around half past 5 in the morning I really had to leave. I still had to work that sunday and I was supposed to be at the tournament site at 7.30 AM. Because the Top8 was going start at 8 sharp.
I thought I was going to have a hard time staynig awake, but nothing was further from the truth.
After the Top8 was done, there was a judge dinner to attend. I went to the hotel for a quick shower, my second of that day, and a change of clothes.
We had lots of fun during the judge dinner. (Read: We had lots of beers during the judge dinner.)
I convinced some of the judges to come to the same club as I went the day before. Once entered I saw the girl I was chatting with the day before and I walked over to her. The other judges didn't know she was there the day before, so later I heard they thought I had picked up a girl in 5 seconds. They now all think I'm the biggest playah evah. :S
The girl, Laura, was there with some friends; Anna and Martina. Who soon enough got some attention from the rest of the crew. Hours went by and around 4.30 the other judges decided they had enough. They told me they were going home, I said I wanted to stay...
Since I was already kinda drunk, they told Laura she was 'responsible' for pointing me in the direction of my hotel once we got out of the club.
We got out around 6 AM and she and her friends walked me to the square my hotel was at. I didn't seem to remember which hotel was mine and asked if I could spend the night with her.
The next morning my phone rang. It was GisH asking me where I was all night, cause my roommate had told everybody at breakfast that I didn't show up all night. I told him I was still with Laura.
He asked me what time my flight left. I looked at my watch and said it had already left...
I hung up and turned over to sleep some more, but Laura asked me what's up and I told her I missed my flight. You should've seen her face, the expression was worth millions. My response to the question; So what are you going to do now? was golden too: - I'm going to sleep some more!
About 2 hours later FrankW called telling me I had to check out of the hotel within 15 minutes. I said I wasn't gonig to be able to make that and asked him if he could cut me a deal. He SMSed me that I could take up to an hour and a half. I told Laura and asked if she wanted to shower too.
After the shower we went to my hotel and I checked out. Then there was the matter of the missed flight...
I fixed myself a new return ticket, which was cheaper than a one-way. But the plane didn't leave until the next day. I asked Laura if I could stay another day and she kindly obliged.