Megan's Blog
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Day four....Friday 13th May
The shuttle service came to pick us up at 17:30 and we had to say goodbye to the hostel and go back to the airport to get a flight home! I've had a really good time in Prague and do not want to go home!! However we have to! Lol Once we arrived at the airport Kristy got everyone’s boarding passes out as she was looking after them for the flight home and she didn’t lose them! Lol coming home was a bit of a nightmare as me and Kristy got confused as we weren’t sure if we had to line up to check in even though we had already checked in online. However we lined up and found out we didn’t need to line up as we had already checked in but it was all good everything got sorted out! We then had to of through passport control and then on the other side me and Kristy had to find an area were we could do our group quiz! Steph DC and Gemma organised the quiz and there were 11 questions on Prague and then one question on every person in the group! Mine was how many real ugg boats did i own and everyone got it correct! At the end of the quiz Steph and Gemma marked them and added up the results however we had to board the flight home so we couldn’t find out the results until we were on the mini bus on the way home.
The flight home was very entertaining and we had very nice cabin crew who were doing impressions of 'the only way is Essex' and through the tannoy he did a lovely speech and made us all laugh! And its one of the best flights i have been on and kept us amused.
Once we were landed we had to go through passport control and as we had hand luggage we didn’t have to wait for any luggage so we could go right through were we met Denise Steph DC mum who then drove us back to Colchester Institute and dropped some of us back at Braintree.
So for the results of the quiz it was a very close draw however we all knew who the best team was and that was Kristy and me of course we WON!!!! Steph and Gemma brought us shot glasses which said Prague Czech me out!! And I’ve already used it!!
That’s Prague finished now and all we had to do now is catch up on some much needed sleep! Unpack and write up the evaluation of how well we done! How fun!!
Catch up soon!!! x
Day three...Thursday 12th May
Day 3 in Prague!!
Today is the traditional Czech festival and we are all excited! Getting to learn some on the culture! It’s going to be a good day! As the festival wasn’t till 1 we all had free time to do what we wanted in the morning which was good as us girls needed to catch up on some much needed sleep. We all had to be ready for 12:30 which was nice as we didn’t have to rush around. Again Kristy and I had to collect up everyone's money which was 120 Koruna’s each once we had got all the tickets,
We left the Czech festival around 9 ish and headed back to the Hostel where we had to catch the metro and tram back. Tomorrow is our last day so some of us went back to pack our suitcases before heading down into the bar area. We all had brought t-shirts saying i love Prague so everyone on the trip was signing these!
That’s day 3 got to get ready for day 4 which is going home day! I've had such a good time i really don’t want to go home!!!
Day two... 11th May
So far Prague has been so good and we've only been here 1 day!! Today we will be going on a 3 hour walking tour! I know very long! First of all we all had to meet in the bar downstairs for 08:30 this is where we had breakfast we had to go to reception and pay for our breakfast. It was a buffet so we could eat however much we wanted. We knew that we could eggs and bacon for breakfast however we didn’t realise that we had to cook it ourselves! I'm not that good at cooking eggs so I decided that I would stick to toast! Not all of us had breakfast as Kristy, Steph DC, Kaleigh and Lauren decided that they wanted to find a shop so that they could buy their own breakfast as the one at Sir Toby’s was 125 Koruna’s!
Once everyone had breakfast Kristy and I then had to collect everyone’s money up for the tram and metro tickets which cost 120 Koruna’s we could purchase this from Sir Toby’s hostel. Then it was Steph D-C’s job to get us to the tram stop so that we could catch a tram down into Old Town. We meet our tour guide in Old Town who then took us all around Prague, it was a very hot days and some parts of the tour were really interesting and some werent! Once we finished our tour the tour guy took us to some places which we were nice to eat in. I decided that i wanted to try some Czech food which was rather yummy! After lunch we were allowed free time and went off in our group and i was with Steph B who wanted to find a Keyring! which was a nightmare! We had to be back at the Hostel at a certain time so that we could get ready for the river cruise.
Steph had to then direct us to the next tram stop so that we could go to the river cruise. We had to wait a little while before we could board the boat but it didnt take long. The river cruise was really good apart from the jazz band who didnt really play for long! was a bit of a let down. However the food was soon served and we all went up and got some! Once everyone had finished there dinner some of the group went upstairs on the top deck and that was really nice! We chatted away and time flew by as it was 10 and the cruise had finished.
We then made our way back to the hostel after the river cruise finished and decided that we didnt want to go to bad so we went down to the bar! Me and Lauren palyed chess! had no idea what we were doing but a boy in the bar said he was knew chess! Lauren took him before i had a chance to get him and i lost the game!! We then went upstairs to bed but no one could sleep! Now for day 3 see what it brings!!
Day one... Tuesday 10th May

We found our departure gate and had to get the shuttle to out gate and then had to queue. The flight was only 1 hour 30 minutes and this went really quickly. Once we arrived in Prague Kristy and i had to collect everyone’s money for the shuttle so that we could pay them. We then went through to arrivals and found the company which we were using who then drove us to Sir Toby’s hostel. Kristy paid the driver and then i asked for a receipt so that we had proof that we paid for the return journey already. Whilst i was getting the receipt Kaleigh and Lorna went into the hostel to book in we all had our own cards to use! At first we couldn’t find our room as we didn’t realise that we had to go through one door to get to another! Finally we found it and so far the hostel looked really nice! I hadn’t even gone to check out the bar yet!

Wednesday, 18 May 2011
6th May - Car Wash!!
On 6th May we took part in a car wash day! This was our last fundraising event and it was very tiring but we all had a good day.
We were in different teams so that we could wash lots of cars! These were Transport (Me and Kristy) Admin and communication (Lauren and Ross) Fundraising team (Steph B, Blaise and Hayley) Accommodation (Lorna and Kaleigh) and Attraction (Steph D.C and Justine as Gemma wasn’t there.)
Steph B sent out an e-mail which asked everyone if they wanted there car wash and we had lots of responses as 20 people replied back. The staff which replied had to give us their registration, colour, make and model of their car and where they normally park so that we could find there car and wash it!

We finally washed 25 cars at around 14:30 and as a group we were relived as we were all so tired! We then went back to count how much money we raised and this was a grand total of £137.45!! which was really good and everyone did so well! All together with all of the fundraising we raised £404 which covers the accommodation and walking tour expenses. As we had £45 pound left over we decided we would give it to NSPCC as this was our charity which we picked on our first fund raising event to give to!
With the money which was raised Kaleigh is going to get all the money changed up as she is on the accommodation team so that we can pay for the hostel whilst in Prague!
Finally all we have left to do now is pack for Prague!!! And on 10th May we will be flying to Prague!! It’s going to be so good i cant wait!!!
Boarding Passes...
On Thursday 5th May Kristy and I logged on to easyJet to print out the groups online boarding passes. This allows us to go through security much quicker as we won’t have to check in once we are at the airport as we only have hand luggage. We printed of the boarding passes for the way there and the way back and as Kristy and I are on the transport team both of us have to look after the boarding passes there and one on the way back. I choose the boarding passes for the flight to Prague as it means i wouldn’t have to look after them whilst we are in Prague! Lol I'm sneaky! That means Kristy has to look after the boarding passes for the flight home from Prague. However just in case one of us loses these boarding passes Justine has a copy to!
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