“You’re so close to me!” the Instagram message read. I had come to Prague, Czechia (formally the Czech Republic) on the spur of a moment ticket purchase after my Mum suggested it while I was weighing up my options on where to travel next while visiting friends in the Netherlands. I had no plans, no real idea even, what to do there but I booked a ticket since it was closer to Israel – where I was flying out of in a week – than the Netherlands. After a few days of sightseeing, I felt restless. Seeing a friend for some good conversation would help cure that. That’s when I decided that renting a car to drive to Germany to see a friend sounded like a fun idea. As I woke on the morning of the road trip I noticed that the hotel carpark was covered in a half inch layer of snow from overnight. By the time I had arrived at the airport, it was falling heavy. Josh, my friend who I was catching up within Germany, continued to send messages telling me to be safe on the road and to check in regularly. Despite my teasing him about […]
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