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Prague by manu_cz
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"I make movies," Buñuel once said, "cause we are not in the best of the possible worlds." So I look for a flat cause I’m not in the best of the possible dorms. But first I need a lamp, because my room is completely dark. Then I need a flat because this dark dorm really sucks. Somebody tells me, "Go to Ikea. Cheap and cool lamps." Somebody else says, "Go to Happy House Rentals. Good agency." So today I have a huge breakfast and say, "Let’s do it."
First I go to the agency. It’s so hidden that it seems unreal. You have to get in a photo store, find a little door in a corner, step into a large hall, ask the secretary, go upstairs top floor, cross a dark narrow hall and knock on the last door. You feel as if the Mafia capo were waiting there to close a deal. Instead, a kind guy opens. He says, "I’m sorry but we can’t arrange rooms, only appartments." He gives me an email address and the name of a cafe where expats put their ads in. Very kind, thanks. "Take tram 9 down here to Ujezd," he finally says. So I go downstairs and hop in the tram.
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