I am ready to leave Prague. I am feeling restless. I am sick of travelling. I am homesick. I just want my cats and Larry and my friends and family. I need my comfort zone (which I haven't really had since I first arrived in Europe, though being with Tracy and Hans was pretty damn comfy and safe-feeling for me!)
I don't think I am totally cut out for travelling for months and mostly doing it all by myself. I get too lonely and I feel too helpless and scared sometimes. Oh well.
I am sick of not being able to speak Czech. It is my own fault but it just sucks. Today I went to the post office to mail a box (my winter coat and some other stuff, including my wedding dress that I bought here) and it was just total language barrier and I felt stupid and postal workers are universally cranky, EVEN if you speak their language. This lady was...well..I didn't like her. I'll just leave it at that. Man, I hate the post office. At least I managed to get the stupid box mailed off to Larry after 20 minutes of stupid hand signals and her huffing and puffing over my inability to understand her (and vice-versa)...
Another pet peeve about Prague. I live on a street 1 block from a park. People constantly walk their dogs to the park. The dogs poop and pee all over the sidewalk and it isn't Czech custom to pick up the dog shit. I am so sick of having to constantly look at the ground and I am grossed out by having to constantly dodge animal waste. I guess I am just used to the US, where someone would almost SHOOT you if you didn't pick up after your dog!!
I leave Prague on Monday for Vienna. I hope I like it there. I don't know how long I'll stay before heading to Italy.
For a short breather, I am taking the bus 3 hours south to Cesky Krumlov tommorrow. I'll stay for 2 days/nights and come back on Thursday. I think I will love it. It is supposed to be extremely beautiful and it is much smaller than Prague. Looking forward to my little side-trip.
That's about all I got for now!
