Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Prison in Prague

So I'm on the flight to Prague and I read in my travel book that Australians and Canadians require a visa to enter the country (New Zealanders are fine for some reason). This visa can only be obtained at czeck consulates and embassies and not at the airport. As I'm about to land at the airport I'm less than thrilled at the thought of arriving at customs sans visa. So I ask the steward and he says he's never encountered this problem (a Canadian or Australian) before and I'll have to sort it out at the airport.

So I put down the guide book and try to relax for awhile. Upon arriving at customs my face is turning from red to purple as I'm very concerned that my lack of planning has finally caught up to me. I hand the customs officer my passport and my airplane ticket. He stamps the passport and hands it back and opens the gate. The guidebook was published in 2004 and I guess it's out of date.

... and jail, I stayed in a prison that's been converted to a "art prison hostel" last night. The locks are very secure. I'm going to see a czeck hockey game tomorrow, a ticket is about $5.

4 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I believe the term you were looking for was "steward", unless the fellows name was Stewart.

10:32 AM  
Blogger rachel said...

Planning is underrated.

10:56 AM  
Blogger Stefanie said...

you smell.

11:15 AM  
Blogger Deac said...

Thanks Dan. Although his name could have been Stewart it's highly unlikely so I changed it to steward. I'm useless without spellcheck.

5:19 AM  

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