I must have been famous last night because
everyone was trying to hunt me down. We had a live band last night
in the hostel, they played fusion jazz. They were really good.
After we hung out in the hostel for a while we headed back down to the
Babylon bar. We really had a great time last night. Mostly
I talked to people and played some silly games. We had some Kiwi's
and Ben, another Aussie from another hostel in the bar, but sitting in
different places. I was trying to get them together to talk and help
bridge the gap between the Aussie's and the Kiwi's. It was pretty
funny, neither group wanted to get up and walk 5 meters to meet the other.
Finally I managed somehow to convince one of the Kiwi girls to go over.
It was great! She only stayed for about 3 minutes and then returned
to the safely of the other Kiwi. Mad.
I was doing some other games as well, introducing Rowan, this Aussie
that did this three week hike in Nepal with his buddy who is also at the
hostel, to other people in the bar. I also tried to hook him up with
this Kiwi as she was leaving. I asked her if she needed an escort
back to her hostel. She was suspicious of the question and asked
me if I thought she needed an escort, and if I was going to escort her.
This statement played into my plan and I told her I wasn't going to escort
her and turned to Rowan and asked him if he'd escort the Kiwi back to her
hostel. It was pretty funny.
I also got intercepted by this local Czech who wanted to talk to me.
While we were talking we did a little wrestling and we managed to end up
on the floor somehow. Anyway he was telling me he was going to get
married and he wanted me to talk to his girlfriend so I did. She
didn't speak any English, it was funny. Our conversation consisted
of me listing all the Czech words I know. I'm sure she thought I
was a wacko.
Oh, I almost forgot, the English girl and her friends that are going
to Glasgow tracked me down! She had this list of cool places to go
in Glasgow. I was amazed. She had already written it out and
everything. I gave her a hug before she left, she was way cool.
That night I managed to really smack my head on the low ceiling in the
passage to the bathroom. It knocked me to the floor, it was unreal.
I was laying there looking at the ceiling saying ouch. The Czech
bartenders from the hostel were also there. Andrea was interested
in meeting this girl so I helped him out and started a conversation with
her and then went on and did something else. Andrea talked to her
and her buddies for quite some time. I found out later that he was
going to hook up with them today.
I got back from the hostel just as Donald was leaving to catch his train,
sometime after 4:00am. I managed to get out of bed at 10:20am or
so to get breakfast and talk to the Aussie's and review the nights events.
Today I'm doing laundry, took a shower and shaved. I've already seen
Ben and his girlfriend here at the Internet Cafe and we will probably see
each other again at the bar tonight. It takes about 4 hours to do
laundry here so I'm just killing a little time hanging out before I head
back to the hostel and out to eat and drink. The Aussie's are great
fun so it should be interesting tonight.