Running Hungover

Thats got some ultimate undertones in it, right Natali? Basically thats defined our train making experiences and catching the train from Prague to Budapest was not really different. Thinking back on it, I'm not sure if we were hungover or not but Im leaning towards not but it's definitely a possibility. Actually we weren't but definitely had to do some running and run we did. Jay also thought the train was leaving earlier than it did and so he made me run a bit more than necessary but he's yelling, "don't stop running Bitch" you run. We made our train no problems and actually met two guys from Santa Barbara and one is studying in Santa Cruz, small world. The train ride was whatever, but the more train traveling I do the more I like it. If you have the time, its way better and less stressful than airplane travel. If the US had an efficient train system I feel like more kids would do a big US tour.

So we get to our hostel and meet a girl from Chico and she played Ultimate there, always a good in with the ladies. Soon find out she's a got a bf and so we go out and get some food and beer. We start drinking and meet these two crazy Aussie girls. They were from Australia but one lived in London and the other was spending significant time in the Middle East. We definitely got a bit tipsy and then headed to some bars. The first bar was really mellow and quite expensive so after one drink we bounced. Then Beth, one of the Aussies, talked to a bouncer and got directions to the Old Man's Pub, which were hoping was a deceitful name and it was. Great Pub with a lot going on. Solid dance floor which was moderately filled with women, and attractive ones at that. I actually got a dance out of one of the cuter ones and continued to get some beers from the bar. They were pretty expensive so we only got a couple. Then one of the girls wanted to go back so we decided as a group to take her back and hit up a NonStop (24 hour) store and get some roadies. Interesting Note: Aussies call roadies, travelers. Not a better name we felt but a nice change. So after getting some travelers we headed back to the bar to continue dancing. After that the night was the usual stumble home and headed to bed.

This morning we definitely woke up hung and had to find our next hostel. We got directions from google maps and were on our way. Getting the address of the place was not written down and we figured that the hostel would have a sign showing whats up, but it didn't. We spent a significant amount of time with our packs on walking around looking for this goddam place. We eventually found an internet cafe, which was a mini adventure, and got the address. Turns out we were in the right place the whole time but the name of it is on some small name plate. Oh well, the hostel is very quaint and the people are cool. We met some Brazilians who think I talk too fast, me talk to fast? Come on! Today we met this Australian dude, great race of people, and we are going to explore some caves. Its raining really hard over here, but hopefully by Poland the weather will be better.

Livin Large,

alex