April 3, 2009

Leaving day. Today, everyone except Courtney and Adam who are staying in Rome until the 5th packed up and headed out. Allyson, her dad Mike, Ania, Nikki and I all headed toward Roma Termini together. We walked to the metro and then together to the station. It was hard saying goodbye to Allyson after so long of a time being together. I hope their trip was safe and okay. Nikki, Ania and I bought our train tickets to the airport and then waited. Ania and I saw Bob at the train station which was funny-weird in the sense that Bob seemed to always be just around the corner this entire trip.

After reaching the airport, the three of us waited in the check-in line for like 2 hours. They didn’t start checking in people for our 3:05 flight until 1:30. We thought we were going to miss the flight, but we got checked in and through security with a lot of time to spare. The flight was about 30 minutes late taking off but only took 1.5 hours so we landed on time at 5:05 in Prague. When we gathered our luggage and left the airport we took a shuttle to the main train station in Prague.

Driving through the streets of Prague was like taking a step back in time. It was amazing to see the old buildings and just look. I hope I can make it back there but it probably won’t be on this trip. When we arrived at the train station we purchased our tickets for the overnight train to Krakow and then had to wait 2 hours before we could board. Hanging around the train station was weird and a little creepy so I was happy when they finally announced which platform our train was on.

The three of us girls boarded the train with our luggage and found a section of the train for ourselves. After the train guy validated our tickets, we shut the lights off and prepared for a long night. Surprisingly, it wasn’t too difficult to fall asleep. We mostly dozed as it was either too hot or cold in the car. Nikki and I slept on the seats while Ania took the floor. It wasn’t the most comfortable arrangement but it worked. Around 3 am, another train guy punched our tickets and we then dozed until 6:30 when we arrived in Krakow.