Thomas Friedskind, Thomas Friedskind,
Thomas Friedskind (there you go Thomas, you are mentioned in the blog).
The last few weeks were quite…intensive;
hence I did not update the blog on regular basis. Except for the obvious
intensity of consuming a very wide range of spirituous beverages the last days
were marked by the intensity with which I, together with two other individuals
coming from the country, which loves wine, baguettes and waving white flags
were looking for a flat.
It took around two weeks and
200CZK (8 EUR) of credit to call different agencies and landlords to enquire
about a flat. To make it easier, some of them would refuse to communicate in
any other language than Czech or Slovak (Polish was already too much of a
linguistic diversion for them). Nevertheless, we were a group of extremely
motivated individuals and in the end we managed to find an apartment (aka. Szyszko
Mansion) in Prague 2, fifteen minutes walking distance from the main street of
the city. The view from my window is truly amazing. Except for three, 19th
Century, state of the art houses I can also spot a chimney. The fact that there
is white smoke coming out of it every now and then leaves me with two
conclusions. The first thought that came into my mind was that the neighbours are
pretending to be Vatican City and are testing the procedure in case a new Pope
needs to be elected. The second thought I have to leave out as I promised
myself I will be politically correct on this blog and would not dare to make
any inappropriate chimney-Germany references. Never.
Staying in Hostivar for three
weeks was a good life lesson. It is one of those experiences that teach you to
appreciate the simple things in life. Those vary from enjoying water pressure
in your shower higher than one drop a second to having access to an oven. If my
written description does not fully reflect the civilizational leap forward I
made by renting a flat, maybe Google street view will.
Hostivar:
Szyszko Mansion:
Exactly.
Jan
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