Trip to the Czech Republic

Rita was going back home early in the morning. My parents were taking her to the train station in St. Gallen where we were to say goodbye to her. As usual, we took our sweet time getting up, so I ended up racing to the station on the highway (illegally, too). But we made it on time, since there was no one on the roads at this god-awful hour. We said our goodbyes and helped Rita on her train, hoping she'd make the transition to the plane without any problems (which she did).

After resting for a while at my parents' we loaded up the car, stopped for some on-the-road groceries and headed out of the country. Crossing the borders so anticlimactic these days -- the Swiss and Austrians just waved us through and we didn't even notice when we crossed into Germany since there aren't border crossings between EU countries.

The drive was pretty uneventful. Jfer was enjoying her iPod and I was reading most of the way (between the naps, that is). We crossed into the CR without any problems, although they did look at our papers this time. We made it to Prague in the afternoon and hung around the house before heading out for dinner at a nice pizzeria.

Three big pizzas, a calzone, a bottle of wine and espressos: $20 -- you've gotta love the Czech Republic.