And then there was Friday April the 16th. We came home from the school, shrug it all off a little, Vic took some rest, and all of the sudden Tomáš Machalík called and asked whether everything was OK, and whether we did not hear some bad news. So I said no, and jokingly added that the only bad news could be that the airport closed. And that is exactly what happened. On Wednesday there was a volcano eruption in Iceland, eruption ashes got real high where airplanes fly, and all air traffic above Europe stopped. Vic took it heroically, since he thought at the time that if he would not be able to fly away on Saturday, he would on Sunday. So I showed him Skype, so he could call home at least. (Note that the guy did not know Walker or Skype; I do not understand, how he could live :-) )

In the evening we went to the Convention, and I called A1 from nine. At the same time Doug and Benitto had Basic and Mainstream and offered Vic to call with them. Vic told me that he would take a tip or two, so we agreed that he could do one A1 with me afterwards. But he liked it there so much that we did not get to it.

Friday night we found out that Vic was not going to fly earlier than Sunday, so it was for sure that he was going to spend Saturday with us. In the morning I went to the CSCTA meeting, and had another A1 from 12:30. Lenka with Vic showed up shortly after the beginning, and Lenka came after me to the stage and told me something unbelievable: “Do not forget to invite Vic to the stage, he is really looking forward to it.” That would not definitely happen in Germany. I finished the tip, invited Vic to the stage and we did the next one together. Then we alternated until the end of the block. Vic must be spreading some aura around himself, since when I was standing there it was the first time when I could remember three quadrilles together. This A1 went fairly well. Jitka from Prachatice then wrote this about it:

Whoa!!! That was a great event!!! Who did not go should be sorry, since it was fantastic, and who slept after lunch, and did not go to A1 with David and Vic, should be sorry, too.

Something like this makes you feel good. See the Convention pictures here.

Afternoon was beautifully sunny, so right after the A1 block we went for a walk to Prague. This time to Vyšehrad. After we went through it we got a sweet snack at the Wenceslas Square and went to Hard Rock Café (Vic wanted to buy a gift there) and to the Chocolate Museum. He was looking forward to it, but was terribly disappointed. Reportedly they did not have any chocolate, only candy. The more he was happy that in Palladium there was a store with the right caller’s chocolate. I bought one there too, and maybe there is something to the fact that it picks you up, and you do not need coffee that way. I will have to keep testing it.

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