Driving to Ostrava

Unlike our experience last year, we were able to pick up our rental car, get back to the hotel and get out of Prague without a problem. Diving to Ostrava was also a pretty easy endeavour (though we were impressed/horrified at the fearless passing the Czechs do on the road - absolutely crazy passing speeds and such small margins for error). Getting to the hotel once we arrived in the city was the challenge - we had the wrong address so each place we went to was "correct" but not the actual hotel. We even wound up in one of the sketchier areas of town - I was quite happy that the hotel wasn't actually located in this area. Eventually, we talked to the people who know where things are - local cab drivers who pointed us to the hotel, which was about 5 minutes away by foot.

The weather is quite nice, though our room's a bit on the hot side especially because we need to keep the windows closed since we're in the local party-area. Colours of Ostrava starts tomorrow so we get to see Rufus Wainwright, Kronos Quartet, and Mogwai the first day. The 2nd day has many more events during the day through to the evening including Bobby McFerrin, Antony and the Johnsons, and the band that actually got us to commit to the trip here - The Flaming Lips.

Hoping to sleep well tonight..I was really really tired this afternoon.

We saw a lot of this kind of view today.