What do you mean our flat is gone......

Once the van starts moving our relocation guide tells us that she has some bad news. The apartment we thought we were moving to is no longer available. However, she says she has set up another place as a back-up that she thinks will work out. We ask if it has three bedrooms, she says yes; Does it have 2 Bathrooms? Again she says yes. Okay, so our hopes are up that perhaps it will be alright. We get to the flat and find it is 2 bedrooms...not 3, and one bathroom that has a toilet and one room with a bath in it. So we tell her this is not going to work for us as we need to have separate rooms for the kids because they are on very different schedules and they have enough to deal with without messing around with trying to share a room or putting someone in the Living Room (which would wreak havoc on everyone's schedules). We pile back into the van and are told that they looked really hard but could not find anything else. We then ask to be put up in a hotel at least for the day so we can rest up. It is now about 11 am Prague time on the 27th. After spending some time on the phone as we drive around they are unable to find us a suite or even 2 connected rooms for us to stay in. I am ready to lose it at this point, Pam is close to tears, the kids are still sleeping, and we are questioning why we ever did this in the first place. So I ask to be driven to where our offices are so I can talk to our HR people there about the situation. Miraculously, as I return to the car I am told that there is some place to go look at that will be perfect for us. As we drive, new 'offers' are continuing to pour in just in case this one doesn't work out after all. We are trying anything and everything...furnished, unfurnished, 30 days, longer options...we just want a place to crash! The temp furnished place they show us is great and is 3 bedrooms 2.5 baths and 2 floors. It is not as near to the park as the other places we had seen but otherwise it is perfect. We looked at 3 other long term places and have an idea of what is out there for long term stuff. After looking at the last long term place we go back to the short term one and unload and wake up Alex. It is now 4:30 Pm on the 27th. The flat is on a quiet street off of a major street within easy walking distance to the office and only 2 blocks from a major Tram and Subway station. It is the 4th and 5th floors of the building with the top floor having a few sloping ceilings as it is the attic. The place is brand new and we are the first people to stay here. It is fully outfitted with Ikea everything. A couple other challenges awaited us...the gas range had not been fully hooked up and we needed matches to use it. Pam went out and managed to get a box of matches at a nearby smoke shop and I got some water, milk, Coke and pasta to make a quick dinner and provide us some basics for the fridge. There was no Internet connection...takes a week or so to get that taken care of...and there is no phone. Pam used her cell to contact our relocation agent regarding the missing luggage...after a follow up inquiry, our missing bag showed up at around 7:30pm. We were now finally all moved in...to our temporary location. There is some nervous aspect to the fact that we will be going through a lot of this again as we try to find a permanent residence for our stay in Prague, however we at least ended the day with a place to call home, basic amenities, and beds to crash on. We are at 37 záhřebská in Vinohrady Praha 2.