During a cold winterafternoon, just a couple of days before christmas, the boyfriend and I started a little trip together. He's a pilot, a first officer to be precise and as most of you know I'm a cabin attendant. It's not very common that we fly together. We do request it a lot, but it never seems to work, until now.
He's not only my love but also my colleague, and it makes it even more fun to fly together! During our first day at work we flew to Prague, where we arrived around 2PM. It was a bit grey but that couldn't stop us from exploring this beautiful city!
We got a taxi up to the castle and walked all the way down, via the bridge to the main square. We enjoyed a hot wine at the local christmas market and had diner with the other crewmembers at italian restaurant 'pasta fresca' which was delicious! Prague is so beautifully decorated around christmas. The lights everywhere, the amazing christmastree on the square: it is just all so perfect! Prague is the best destination for a short weekend trip! Have you been to Prague before?
Yesterday was my fourth visit to Prague, Czech republic. The last time I showed you pictures of Prague, I almost freezed my *ss off! It was so cold, but I loved it back then! And the city is still gorgeous with temperatures above freezing point! When I was in Prague last week, it was 25 degrees centigrade, amazing blue skies and just a lovely day in general.
If you would like to see Prague during the winter, please click here for my freezing version of it. I hope you like my pictures right now, summer style! I really loved my nightstop and guess what: there's another one on my roster very soon! So stay tuned for more Pragueness!
Remember I told you about my reserve duty? And how I got called out every single day? Well, after my day in Bologna I spend one night at home. At 5.01AM my phone was vibrating: incomming call from crewing, I had to report at the airport in an hour and a half for a three day trip to Prague and Bordeaux. I can tell you one thing, it hurts when you've just had 4 hours of sleep and your phone is waking you up. Painfull situation, but going to Prague and Bordeaux makes it worth it.
Anyway, we arrived in Prague around 2PM. The weather was not so fantastic, but Prague itself is pretty amazing. We strolled around at a christmas market and walked towards the bridge. Afterwards, we had a nice dinner on a rooftop terrace overlooking the main square.
When I noticed a nightstop in Prague on my roster, I didn't immediately realised it would be very special. Yes, Prague is a new nightstop destination for our airline and for me ofcourse, but when we arrived in the luxurious hotel we were really suprised!
We actually were the 3rd crew arriving in the hotel. But since the day before we arrived was some kind of national day in Prague, they didn't had the time to celebrate it. And so, when we arrived in the hotel, we got a welcoming suprise! The hotel was very, very pleased with our airline and organized a complete reception with local foods and drinks. Even the waiters got dressed in the old local czech clothing and in dutch clothing as well. Our dutch flag waved proudly next to the czech one. We got to meet the dutch ambassador, the manager of the hotel and the manager of our airline ground handling at the airport. It was a lot of fun and such a big suprise! In my hotel room I found a beautiful book about Prague as a gift because we were the 'first' crew in the hotel.
After all the celebrations we went into town. We took a taxi all the way up to the castle/fortified building and took a lot of pictures of the amazing view during sunset. We walked down and discovered the citycenter and the old town. It was freezing, and there was snow (yes, really!). But it was beautiful and I immediately fell in love with this beautiful city. This was such an amazing first experience!
