How much is a ... wait, what is the currency here?
The funny thing about travelling on impulse in a place like Europe is the potential to arrive somewhere, at night, with no money, no place to stay, and now idea how to speak the language. Maybe funny is the wrong word. If you ever find yourself in this situation, try these steps. They worked for me!1. Find out when the trains leave. After all, you got yourself there, but that doesn't get you too far if you can't get ourself out of there as well!
2. Ask the nice people at the train station (a-hem) how many euro are in a ... what is the currency again? When English doesn't work, try any combination of languages such as french, italian, and czech.
3. Get money. This step is key.
4. Find an internet cafe to look up places to stay for the city that you find yourself in. A bookstore will also work, but this might entail the tedious steps of finding an internet cafe to look up where to find a book store to look for an English-language guide book to look up where to sleep. By that time, you might not need a place to sleep!
5. By any means possible, phone said hotels/hostels/pensions. Again with the languages, try them all. In Poland, Czech is often understood. At least, it seemed that way.
6. Decide how to get to said hotel/hostel/pension. You can stop for beer along the way because it might help you relax a little.
7. Check in to your fabulously cheap, fantastically situated, perfectly decorated, quiet room with embroidered towels.
8. See the world, baby!
Oh yeah, and the currency is Zloty. Apparently, one is about 3.90 euro.
posted by europhile @ 05:53
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