Prague, 2000


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Prague, Czech Republic, November 2000

"DELICIOUS SLUMBER"

PRAGUE/VIENNA/BUDAPEST november-december 2000

Stare Mesto

I traveled to Central Europe in late 2000.

I went to three major cities, Prague, Vienna, and Budapest.

I call this trip my "Delicious Slumber" tour, from a phrase in an Oscar Wilde story I was reading during this trip.

I slept, I sipped tea, or coffee, watching people on the street shiver in the cold wind.

Taking a bath, taking pictures, writing my diary.

Time almost froze, like the castles up on the hill.

The days were gray, nothing moved.

People walked by, with their hands in their pockets, colorless town except for red ribbons for the coming Christmas.

I sit and watch, lean back, close my eyes.

This was my delicious slumber.

Prague is well-known for their puppet theaters. You can buy your own puppet if you wish too.

Market in Stare Mesto... daily life in Praha

"It is pleasant to sit in the green wood, and to watch the Sun in his chariot of gold, and the Moon in her chariot of pearl." -from The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde

Tell me what you think... Please sign my guestbook!!

View from Vysehrade

Astronomical Clock

Astronomical Clock is a big tourist attraction in Staro-mestske nam.

Twelve apostles come out and say hello at the top of every hour.

A restaurant in Mala strana

I heard the Czech Republic once suffered from horrible monotonous socialist dishes, where they required to select menus out of a government-published recipebook, volumes one and two.

If you wanted to serve your own creation, as in out of those two volumes, you had to submit your recipe to the government and they had to give you a permit.

Most people ended up cooking for themselves, rather than spending money on the same expensive food at restaurants.

I heard that is why there weren't any good restaurants in Prague.

But fear no more!! Western invention is here!!!!

There is even a bagel shop on the corner!

There are lots of decent places to eat nowadays.

Food is plentiful and cheap.

But, the cheapest item on menu..... is beer. cheaper than water or soda.