Plzen to Brno

funny quotes from last night in Plzen:

erik: where are you getting all these bad jokes?
me: Bad Jokes Quarterly
Erik: Is there really a magazine?
me: no, that was another bad joke.

Thomas (kid our age who works out our pension): What do you call that animal that flies but no eyes?...BATMAN...uuuh, Bat...

Haha, great guy who hates the EU (he calls it a Socialist Orgy.) We talked about price differences, school systems, soccer teams. fun time. He told us he watches "My name is Earl" and "How I met your Mother." If he said "Miami Vice, number one new hit show!" I would have died laughing. Apparently Czech has the highest Beers per person per year average at 320.

Fun Fact: Czech is the only country where beer is cheaper than coca cola. (~$1.50 for a beer, ~$2.00 for a cola.)

We then went to Zack's pub and had a bit much to drink and met some ppl from Dublin who came to visit their friend from Plzen. They only told us that the girl is from Plzen after Erik made fun of the little town. Regardless, we shared a jay and had a few more beers and we were quite wrecked.

This morning we were waiting in the station for the train. Btw, it costs about 25 cents to use a urinal and 50 cents to use the toilet and 10 cents for the sink. ridiculous. Anyways, im sitting there fiddling with a deck of cards and some girl comes up to me and says something in czech. When i answered "Sorry, I don't speak Czech" she ran off only to return with her friend who said "Can you show Mageek?" 20 minutes later im doing tricks for a bunch of gorgeous czech girls with only 10 common american words between the 5 of us.

anyways,

6 hour train ride to Brno, or it would be 6 hours but today of all days there was a strike demonstration by the public transportation workers from 1300 to 1400. So imagine our surprise when we are awoken by an ugly cross eyed Czech women yelling "Stafka! Stafka!" We got off and had to wait for the 14:43 train to Brno.

So, we get there and we are staying in a dormitory. We go to find a place to eat and go to this little restaurant whose menu is only in Czech. Someone comes to help us translate which I find odd since the Czech ppl are notorious for being unfriendly. Erik asks if we can sit anywhere and he answers yes and sits with us. Apparently he doesn't work there. So we assume hes trying to get us to pay for his beer, then his friend sits down so we further assume this. Turns out he was buying us our beers and hes a professor. His friend who didnt speak a word of english kept shaking our hands over and over again (definitely plastered.) he eventually leaves.

Turns out the professor is a professor at the University of Defense and is no ordinary professor, but the Vice Dean with a Ph.D. and a Doctorate in Engineering not to mention hes a Colonel. yeah, a goddamn army colonel was discussing the intricacies of post WWII europe with us so he could practice his english. We discussed politics, cigarettes, how his fiance is Ukrainian like Erik and a bunch of hysterical stories. The place closes down this is my favorite quote:

Colonel Milos: Another round?
Erik: We can't. The place is closed.
Colonel Milos: I'm a colonel!

and he comes back with 3 more beers. and then some Beckerovka, traditional Czech hard liquor. and then some stronger beers. we then parted ways.

Needless to say the hangover this morning was horrible. 4 liters of beer and a shot of Beckerovka will do that to you. I also could have gone without the woman coming in at 10:00 because she thought it was our last day and having Erik telling her we check out tomorrow in Ukrainian.

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