Fialova Kava

We (Mich, Eric, our new friend Brandon and I) decided to take a last minute trip to Karlovy Vary on Friday morning.  Its a small city/town about two hours outside of Prague, where most people living/visiting there are over 65 and probably from Russia?

So, here’s how it went.  Thursday night Mich, Eric, and I are getting ready to go out (i.e. dressing, drinking, smoking, etc) while doing some half-assed research about the alleged trip to Karlovy Vary that was set to start at 9 am the next morning.  We had no bus tickets, directions, or hostel booked yet.  All we knew for sure was what time the bus left in the morning- every hour on the hour from 8 am on.

So we are out dancing, ingesting substances, etc and start inviting everyone we know to come with us, but as we know, plans made this way usually don’t work out.  “Come to this town made of hot springs and Becherovka tomorrow! We are going and its only like 2 hours from Prague!” we shout over the electro music at the Blind Eye.  Some people respond “Yea, lets doooo it!” others are more reserved.  Stuart and Brandon said they were in for sure.  We were to call them in the morning and meet them at the bus station.

The next morning, Mich and I came close to not getting out of bed, and even closer to failing to get the boys out of bed.  But, Brandon did pull through and came with us on the bus to Karlovy Vary at 10 am, and we booked a hostel while en route on the bus. VICTORY!

Sorry, that story was pointless I guess. I just wanted to communicate our triumph.  We planned a last minute trip while drunk and it was a great success.

Karlovy Vary is a magical little town nestled in the hills of the Czech Republic countryside where there are hot springs to swim in and spas to enjoy galore.  We went swimming in the hot springs, sat naked in the sauna, drank the spring water (supposedly the water is good for your digestive system), and got Thai massages- where we discovered why it is often thought Thai massage = happy ending.  Its because those little women do everything but that.  They twist you around, crack you in half, massage you all over and then leave you all worked up and wonderfully rejuvinated.  If you like yoga, this is for you, because they do yoga to you + massage.  Try it out, I feel great.  They even wished us a Happy Wal-en-tine Day.

Last night we saw Islands at a small bar on a Prague college campus.  Unfortunately we missed the opening bands- The Railcars and Trouble vs. Glue.  We did chat up The Railcars after the show though, and offered to show them a cool place to go afterword, but they didn’t call.  I guess they had cooler San Fran indie band things to do?

Now to find some bookstores with used English books…