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

[fivemack.livejournal.com]

You're probably right; I was using the CIA World Factbook on-line, which is lovely and comprehensive, but which does purchasing-power adjustments by an opaque process probably not involving hamburgers.

They reckoned Portugal's GDP-per-capita was $19.4k and the Czech Republic $15.3k, which does give 20%

[beingjdc.livejournal.com]

Yeah well, the way the Dollar and the Euro have been behaving since the Euro came into being, anything's possible.