It has now been 80 days since I have not had to live out of a rectangular shaped box! At first I thought it was really fun and I would take great care in making sure everything was anally packed to precision! After your third move, when you have woken up with a stinging hangover, 5 minutes to pack and your stuff is everywhere you become very skilled at the chuck and squish method!
Even worse than the packing process is the carrying and lugging the bags around bit! Especially when every move you seem to accumulate more and more bags! We arrived in Vienna yesterday and it was such a relief to be on Busabout where they pack your bags on a bus, you do not have to worry about getting to a train station and then finding a bus that leaves in 2 minutes so you have to bolt with all your luggage looking like an obese snail, only to miss the bus and have to stand in the swealtering heat, sweat dripping down your face while you still carry those damn houses on your back!
It is so awesome having Busabout just take all the hassle out of organising and just taking you to all the places, giving you background on the history of the town and all the places to see, so that you do not waste your time and go through the agony of having to carry those damn backpacks!
I already feel like a weights been lifted off my shoulders (quite literally)! Looking forward to Tuesday where I yet again get to repack that lovely bag of mine and off venture off to Salzburg on the bus!
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Crazy Cesky Krumlov
Today was our first day on Busabout and it was so awesome not having to lug all our luggage with us! After hopping off the bus we went to reception and met heaps of cool people on the busabout bus! Our tour guide was explaining to us all the things we could do in Cesky and one of them was a tame version of white water rafting so we got a group together, got into our rafting gear, organised all the necessary equipment (mainly booze) and we were ready to set sail!
So imagine 5 girls all dolled up with their champagnes and snacks trying to paddle down the river! We were so retarded and could not keep the boat straight but in the end we finally got our rythym flowing! We stopped at this bar by the river which was so cute. It was like being back on school camp with a log fire and sausages sizzling and there was not a person to be seen in site! Loved it! The scenery was absolutely stunning. There were these giant, green pine trees and the water was so blue and we saw deer running in the mountains too!
Anyway then we got back on the river and it was hillarious, one of the other boats of new people we met on the Busabout bus were floating down the river and there was a rope hanging from the bridge and three of the people tried to grab onto it and flew out of their raft into the water! I have never seen anyone walk on water, but this girl seriously ran across the water back into her boat! It must have been so cold and the people in her raft were laughing at her so much that they could not go back to get her and so another raft had to go in for the rescue!
It was an awesome day and a really good way to meet new people off Busabout so that we would know them in future passings when we hop on the bus again! Lily certainly took the award for biggest laugh of the day award! We moored our rafts by the side of the river and the lid of the bucket was floating down stream and she ran to get it and I don't know what happened but she must have tripped on her thong and fell into the river with as much grace as a swan! One of the boys had to go in and rescue her! It truly was a strong bonding experience! I love Cesky!!!!
So imagine 5 girls all dolled up with their champagnes and snacks trying to paddle down the river! We were so retarded and could not keep the boat straight but in the end we finally got our rythym flowing! We stopped at this bar by the river which was so cute. It was like being back on school camp with a log fire and sausages sizzling and there was not a person to be seen in site! Loved it! The scenery was absolutely stunning. There were these giant, green pine trees and the water was so blue and we saw deer running in the mountains too!
Anyway then we got back on the river and it was hillarious, one of the other boats of new people we met on the Busabout bus were floating down the river and there was a rope hanging from the bridge and three of the people tried to grab onto it and flew out of their raft into the water! I have never seen anyone walk on water, but this girl seriously ran across the water back into her boat! It must have been so cold and the people in her raft were laughing at her so much that they could not go back to get her and so another raft had to go in for the rescue!
It was an awesome day and a really good way to meet new people off Busabout so that we would know them in future passings when we hop on the bus again! Lily certainly took the award for biggest laugh of the day award! We moored our rafts by the side of the river and the lid of the bucket was floating down stream and she ran to get it and I don't know what happened but she must have tripped on her thong and fell into the river with as much grace as a swan! One of the boys had to go in and rescue her! It truly was a strong bonding experience! I love Cesky!!!!
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