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Tired, broke, but the weekend is here and I’m happy about that. The day generally went pretty well, at the start at least. All the transport connected with no running or waiting necessary, and my one student was cool. Then … Continue reading →

June in Prague again. I had forgotten quite how dramatic it can be. Some time yesterday was spent lying in the baking heat, then Jess called me on my way home and invited me out for a drink at a … Continue reading →

Thursday Dennis arrives late at night and goes to bed early. Friday Dennis comes to town with me & Gwen, we drink all day. On returning to the hostel certain people take against him without having even spoken to him, … Continue reading →

Every move I make is horrendously difficult. My head is swimming. People on the street scare me. I feel vaguely like vomiting and generally have no appetite. Tonight I will pass up on drinking. Probably. With Dennis and Gwen in … Continue reading →

Dennis and Gwen have been here for a day and a half now, so I have been getting down to some serious drinking. Thursday was the compass launch party, was very very cool and Elijah Wood turned up, which was … Continue reading →

A restless sleep and a failed lie-in this morning, then I lay around for a bit, listening to the radio. At 2.45 I was one minute late for the bus, with half an hour until the next one, so I … Continue reading →

Tired. Still no serious money, but a couple of paid lessons means I have real actual proper food that isn’t rice or pasta. Two more lessons left, then bed.

Broke still, and at home for the duration, though awaiting money which should come through very soon. Ventured out of the house two times – first in the late-morning drizzle to try the cashpoint (unsuccessfully) then a second time in … Continue reading →

Broke, and with my only lesson canceled, I carried out a few chores and then headed back home to watch a Hungarian film called Hukkle, which was short but fantastic. Martin came back towards the end and told me that … Continue reading →

We woke up to a clear blue day, and wrote off the day to sunbathing. The first day of summer and it’s still May. On the hill in the park a number of other people had had the same idea. … Continue reading →