Vive la Union!

[fivemack]

The EU takes on its ten new members on 1 May. I didn't get to Berlin when the Wall came down (I was twelve at the time, and besides it was in the middle of term); it would be kind of nice to be in Wenceslas Square when one of the more obvious and hopeful side-effects of the Wall's fall finally resolves itself after fourteen and a half years. At least, I hope the place will be full of celebrating Czechs.

And, though it's a bank holiday, Easyjet haven't put their fares up too far yet.

So, Prague or Ploktacon? Or would Poland or 'Pest be a better place for the celebrations? I've googled a little for celebrations, but no success — they may be targetted towards Hungarians and therefore in Magyar.

Comments

[papersky.livejournal.com]

My reaction to that ran something like: "Oh, do we still have a Duke of Buccleuch? Cool. Oh, getting money for something? Probably cattle raiding like always, the bastard. No, by all means give it to the smallholders instead!"

I hear there's a very nice Afghan restaurant in Prague. If you're going to go, I can get you the address.

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Probably

Restaurant Ariana
Ramova 6
Praha 1, Czech Republic
tel./fax: +420 222 323 438

Can't vouch for it, haven't been to Prague in over a decade.

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

Still the second-largest land-owner in Scotland, according to

http://menura.cse.unsw.edu.au:64800/2000/10/msg00041.html

though I don't know if EU subsidies tend to go to the land-owner or to the farmer, so I may have been being unfair on the man.