Homeless in Prague

We pulled into Nadrazi Holesovice somewhere around 10 in the a.m., I believe? Once again, there was no plan. Just show up and settle down wherever we see fit. I remembered the streets of Prague little bit from my trip in ’07 but not all that well. We wandered through Wenceslas Square and eventually made it to Jan Hus square where we discovered what appeared to be a festival of some sorts. There were booths set up selling cheap food and beer and also a stage constructed in the middle of the square. We had found a flyer stating that it was the first annual Prague festival and that there would be music from 10 p.m. until 4 a.m. This was great news! We decided that there was no need to find neither a hostel nor a campground. We could just attend the festival and stay up all night long! We’ll just worry about a place to sleep tomorrow! What a great idea! Or so we thought...

After dropping off some things at the train station we got back to Jan Hus square and caught the tail end of some Czech band that I was not all that impressed with. Once there set was done, they started tearing the set down. We couldn’t understand why. The flyers said that the show was supposed to go on until 4 a.m.! I was not in a good mood after all of this. Our shows were cancelled, I was a little hyped up from a confrontation with a drunken Czech man, and we had no place to sleep. Good thing I had brought some drinkies for the show. They went down in a hurry.

After visiting a few bars and getting a little more intoxicated than I had planned we managed to find a McDonald’s to get some lat night cheap treats. Well, in true Burich fashion I managed to fall asleep sitting down at our table inside the restaurant. We were quickly tossed out of the place once the night mangers caught a glimpse of this. It didn’t matter much to me because right outside was a little sausage and sandwich stand and even though I had just ate this was an incredible discovery to me. Once I ate my ‘I think it’s chicken but it’s really just cheese’ sandwich we were off to find a place to bed down. A bench by the riverfront? Yes Please!