Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Well a lot has gone on since you have last heard from me. Our last two days in Santorini were spent on the beach and us catching up on some sleep. We left Santorini at 8pm and arrived in Athens by 9. Robin, Liz, Hillary and I stayed at the airport to catch the first standby seats while the rest of the group went back to the hostel in Athens. Our original airline, SkyEurope, went bankrupt so we had to wait for the 4am flight to Prague on Czech Air. We were the first to check in under stand by but when we got to the end we were the last ones left along with 3 other people. She chose someone at random and and it was me! I did not want to fly alone but then again i did not want to sleep in an airport again. So I took the flight by myself and arrived in Prague at 6am, saw the sunrise in Prague too, not as pretty as Santorini. I met my international student club buddy, Onderj along with my friend Lukas from the University who was at Union last year. They brought me back to Czech Tech and I was able to leave my luggage in a club room and check into the hostel for the day. Ondrej and I walked the city until about noon. He took me to one of the highest points in the city and you could see all of Prague and it was amazing. I wish i had my camera. We got my metro card as well. I can just walk on any bus or subway and ride, there are no tickets, it such an easy system. At noon I came back to my room and took a much needed nap and woke up around 5 to take the subway to meet Ondrej. Yes, I have not even been in this city for 12 hours and I am already walking around and taking subways alone...scary but kinda fun. I met Ondrej and we went to the airport to pick up Robin, Hillary and Liz. But when I got there no one was there and as soon as I arrived I got service and three text messages explaining that the girls who were promised a seat on the next flight were not given one. Marc and Liz were the only ones allowed on. And I have no information about the rest of the group. So when we got back from the airport Ondrej took me to the grocery store and I bought stuff to make a sandwich. Now I am just waiting for Liz and Marc to get here. Hopefully they won't be too much longer because I am getting a little bored and lonely in this small hostel room. Things are crazy here because everyone is split up now and we have no control over anything. At least tomorrow Liz, Marc and I can get things settled here and we can move into our dorm rooms. I believe all the Union girls are living together in an 8 person suite. Not what I was expecting but at least I now have a place I can call home base for the next 3 months. Hopefully the rest of the group will be here tomorrow, Robin and Hillary have been sitting in the Athens airport for 24 hours now, I can't imagine how fun that is.... Liz, Marc and I will probably explore the city more tomorrow and try and get school related things done asap!

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