# PragueDope! Oct. 22-24 Final preps and info. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2004, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789 "2004-10-12T06:26:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/21 "2004-10-14T11:02:26Z")
> [@Coldfire](#): > > Dude, you make this way too easy. 🙂 > > All right, so I’m looking for a Canuck in a blue coat. How many would there be of those, in downtown Liège at 9 AM on a rainy Friday in october? 😃 [Apparently, not very many.](http://www.google.be/search?hl=nl&lr=&q=%22canuck+liege%22) 😃 > [@Tomcat](#): > > There is still one room left at the pension. **mkl12** and I would like to request assignment of the last available room at the pension to us (for the nights of 22 and 23 October). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/22 "2004-10-14T11:17:56Z")
Is there a map to the Josephina? I found the link in the original thread, but no map. How far is it from Hotel Central? ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/23 "2004-10-14T11:21:58Z")
As \*_kferr \*\* and I are not staying in the pension_ can I ask one of you good people to let me have your mobile phone number, please? My e-mail is in my profile. Thank you. \*Yes; yes I _am_ afraid of pillowfights, since you ask. Them there Continental pillows are MASSIVE!! Far too big for an island dweller like me!! ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/24 "2004-10-14T11:26:21Z")
Hello all- Josephina update: There were actually 4 rooms: 3 doubles, 1 single. After cancellations and switching, we now have 3 doubles filled, and the 1 single is open (and I think it is actually a double, but he was going to charge a single rate on it). So that means we have 1 more room left. It is located near Dejvicka metro, which is the big roundabout in the upper left corner of a Prague map, just north of the Castle. If you look at a map, the roundabout is at 12 o’clock from the Castle, the pension is around 10 o’clock, about 2.5 kilometers away in a straight line. 18:00 on Friday sounds great! I will send out my phone number in a group email next week. Anything else? -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/25 "2004-10-14T11:41:59Z")
I’ve found a cool map [here](http://www.hot-maps.de/europe/czech_republic/prague/homeen.html). If the blue lines with the ‘M’ in a triangle represent the Metro, then getting from one spot to the other looks pretty easy. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/26 "2004-10-14T11:43:22Z")
[Map of the Dejvicka area.](http://www.icpf.cas.cz/esat18/mapa-bus.jpg) OK, now show us the way, TC. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/27 "2004-10-14T11:44:51Z")
Dammit, **kferr** , you suck. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/28 "2004-10-14T11:52:58Z")
Looks like Dejvicka is the end station of the metro, too. Neato! No risk of drunkenly missing your stop, then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/29 "2004-10-14T13:46:31Z")
Just popping in to say I hate ALL of you. Nothing personal, of course. Have some beer for me – I don’t touch the stuff anyway. On second thought, have some roast goose and dumplings, or your choice of hearty East Central European food for me, and wave hello to the Jewish Quarter. Don’t forget the pastry. And then go take a nice walk on the river. (Dammit, why can’t I be irresponsible, quit my job before having another one lined up, and go see Prague? Anyone want to impersonate me here in Chicago for a few days?) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/30 "2004-10-14T14:33:40Z")
Damn. I’ll be in your neck of the woods (Budapest) from Nov 9—Dec 2 so it seems I will just miss the Dopefest. Darndarndarn. I would have like to have met all you Dopers. Anyhow, have some Staropramen for me! ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/31 "2004-10-14T14:43:00Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > . . . wave hello to the Jewish Quarter. Don’t forget the pastry. And then go take a nice walk on the river. **Eva** , I’m not even _from_ the Jewish Quarter… let alone the Messiah. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/32 "2004-10-14T14:44:00Z")
That’s right. He’s just a very naughty boy! ---
**Author:** ![curly\_chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@curly\_chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curly_chick)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/33 "2004-10-14T15:32:24Z")
> [@Eva Luna](#): > > JAnyone want to impersonate me here in Chicago for a few days?) Yeah, I’ll do that for you, no problem. Oh no, wait - I’ll be in Prague Bwahahahahahahahaha 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/34 "2004-10-15T13:40:06Z")
Hello all- Try this: [Dejvicka](http://www.mapy.cz/handler.py?action=left&mapWidth=992&mapHeight=740&zoom=170&lon=51798296&lat=180345552&highlight=pnt=454707_-5549481_select) OK, there is a wrench with a red square around it. Also note the far right side of the map shows the edge of the roundabout where the metro station is. Also also note the right bottom corner with those coliseum-looking things (technical term that) - that is the castle district. You can walk to the castle from your room in under 30 minutes. Now click on the wrench and the map will zoom in. There will now be a blue bed next to the wrench…hover your mouse over it and a pop-up for the pension shows up. It is a 200 meter walk to the tram stop, then 4 stops to the metro. Thanks = Diky (dEEky) Hi/Bye = Ahoj (like Popeye) Give me a hooker and a beer = Dej mi kurva a pivo. (day me koor-va ah pEEvo) Give me a hooker and a beer, please = Dej mi kurva a pivo, prosim. (day me koor-va ah pEEvo, pro-sEEm) They will pay (while pointing at some strangers) = Zaplati (za-pla-tea) I will pay (if you must) = Zaplatim (za-pla-team) Gulash please = Gulas, prosim (Gool-ashh, pro-sEEm) Where is the Castle? = Kde je hrad (g’day yay hrad) Why don’t y’all speak English? = Proc nemluvis anglicky, ty vole? (proch nay-mloo-veesh ang-leets-ky, tea vole-lay) Why do you take trams? I got me 3 cars back home in Pennsylvania. = Why do you take trams? I got me 3 cars back home in Pennsylvania. (only my uncle can say that…and he did. Really.) 5 beers, please = Pet piv, prosim (pet peeve (like leaving the toilet seat up), pro-sEEm) Gotta go, take care- -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/35 "2004-10-15T14:14:29Z")
**Tomcat** , did you get that email about me and **mkl12** wanting to stay at the pension? Is there room for us? ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/36 "2004-10-15T15:09:58Z")
Yeah, you are fine. My post above didn’t name names, but you two are part of the 3 two-bedrooms currently filled. We still have one last reservation left. -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/37 "2004-10-15T16:26:49Z")
> [@Tomcat](#): > > Yeah, you are fine. My post above didn’t name names, but you two are part of the 3 two-bedrooms currently filled. We still have one last reservation left. > > -Tcat 🙂 Ah, okay. Thanks a lot for all your help. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2004, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/38 "2004-10-15T17:10:01Z")
::looks around at thread :: I wanna go to Europe! **sobs** ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/39 "2004-10-16T10:38:47Z")
::sneaks up behind a sobbing Sunspace and affectionately whacks him over the head with an heavy, Eurostyle pillow:: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789/40 "2004-10-18T08:24:56Z")
All rightie then, shall I start an e-mail list with personal details, seeing as I can see everyone’s addresses even if they’re hidden? 😃 I’ll take care of it tonight, just thought I’d bump this sucker. Oh, TC, your uncle cracks me up. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praguedope-oct-22-24-final-preps-and-info/268789.md?page=3)