ransom acts of kindness

(written on march 1 but occurred on feb 25)

there's nothing worse than not being able to find the right way out of the metro with large luggage and no escalator/elevator after a vomit-inducing train ride (glamorous i know).......matters are made worse when no one seems to speak english, the signange may as well be in kanji and you're both tired and growing grumpier.....
after approaching a group of people (who all ignored, grimaced or shrugged before promptly exiting), we felt discouraged......then someone, a lone young man, came back through the nearest exit.....he spoke broken english and helped us leave the metro where his girlfriend awaited with large musical instrument........they proceeded to walk us part of the way to our accomodation, and point us the rest of the way.......this was our first encounter with a czech person......and it has been, for the most part, consistent since.........