Jay and I have decided to visit some Christmas Markets in Europe. I have been wanting to do this for a while, but when I was working, I come never take a vacation in December. But this year we decided to take the trip. We first had to get our three pets situated. We took our cat Pepper, to stay with my brother. Our other cat, Max, went to a kennel and Zack our 16 years old dog went to the vets. We also have been stocking up on winter travel gear. Living in Florida, we don’t need snow boots or heavy coats etc. But the day we are to leave has finally arrived. We are traveling from Tallahassee to Atlanta to Amsterdam to Prague. We left Tallahassee around 2:30 PM on Sunday and arrived in Prague around 11:00 AM on Monday. 11:00 AM Prague time is really 5:00 AM Florida time. I had arranged for us to be met at the airport to take us to our hotel.
We went through passport control in Amsterdam. Even though, there was a long line, it did not take very long. So when we arrived in Prague, we just had to get our checked luggage and leave the airport. Our checked luggage arrived quickly so we were out of the airport and into our waiting car and on the way to the hotel in less than 30 minutes.
The temperatur4e when we arrived was around 26 degrees and they had a heavy snowfall a few days before so everything was covered in snow. When we got to our hotel room, it was not yet ready, so we left our luggage and went to walk around and get some lunch. We walked down to a Christmas Market and looked around some and then went and had lunch in a steakhouse.
We walked some more and then I was tired, so I wanted to go back to the hotel. I am following Jay and went to step up on the curb and my left calf muscle seized up and would not work, so I fell. Some people saw me fall and came running to help. I had to wait until the cramp ended before I could stand up. Luckily, I did not break anything. We th9en walked very slowly back to the hotel where I sat down in a chair in the lobby to wait for our room to be ready.
Our room is on the 7th floor and is a nice size with two twin beds and and a nice size bathroom. I checked my knee where I had fallen and it did not even break the skin, but I am going to have a nice bruise. I then laid down and fell asleep. We napped for a while. I don’t think we are going back out tonight.
