Sometimes it'd be nice to have a car.
Yesterday, I got take out Thai and went over to Amy's to have dinner and spend the evening with her and her 3.5-week-old daughter Emmy. Which sounds very simple, I know.
But nothing ever seems to work that easily for me. It took me a full hour to get from my work to Amy's--something that shouldn't have taken more than 15-20 minutes. The problem was that there really aren't a whole lot of take out restaurants between my work and her home, so I volunteered to pick up "whatever," which turned out to be a choice between Subway and Thai.
I deemed the Thai to be tastier and also closer, but I still had to take the metro (subway) and then a tram. Which made a simple gesture of picking up dinner into a full on ordeal.
The opening sentence two paragraphs above this nearly read, "But nothing ever seems to work that easily in Prague," but I imagine that, for many people, things are that easy here in Prague. But even though Prague is a relatively small city with great public transportation, I find that I spend far too much time getting from place to place. It can be good exercise and a great way to keep up on my myriad podcasts, but it's also a huge social deterrence--often I have to ask myself if I would rather spend 45 minutes traveling to another part of the city (and an hour coming back, because public transit isn't as available later into the evening) to meet friends or stay in? As the weather gets shitty, I'll be staying in. And so will Caroline, as I already noted about her winter hibernation schedule.
Maybe having a boyfriend will keep me social this season. We shall see.
Anyway, after an hour rushing about the city, a delightful evening was had. Here's Amy and her daughter Emmy:
But nothing ever seems to work that easily for me. It took me a full hour to get from my work to Amy's--something that shouldn't have taken more than 15-20 minutes. The problem was that there really aren't a whole lot of take out restaurants between my work and her home, so I volunteered to pick up "whatever," which turned out to be a choice between Subway and Thai.
I deemed the Thai to be tastier and also closer, but I still had to take the metro (subway) and then a tram. Which made a simple gesture of picking up dinner into a full on ordeal.
The opening sentence two paragraphs above this nearly read, "But nothing ever seems to work that easily in Prague," but I imagine that, for many people, things are that easy here in Prague. But even though Prague is a relatively small city with great public transportation, I find that I spend far too much time getting from place to place. It can be good exercise and a great way to keep up on my myriad podcasts, but it's also a huge social deterrence--often I have to ask myself if I would rather spend 45 minutes traveling to another part of the city (and an hour coming back, because public transit isn't as available later into the evening) to meet friends or stay in? As the weather gets shitty, I'll be staying in. And so will Caroline, as I already noted about her winter hibernation schedule.
Maybe having a boyfriend will keep me social this season. We shall see.
Anyway, after an hour rushing about the city, a delightful evening was had. Here's Amy and her daughter Emmy: