November 9, 2005

The trip to Prague was awesome. U Brevnovska is still there, serving the best garlic soup in the world. U Spirku, a little restaurant near Old Town that was affordable (-gasp-) was very closed. U Sedmi Svabu (thank Christ!) is not only still there, but still serves the best hot mead on the planet. The tiny, closet-like Dobra Cajovna, where you could get shisha was TOTALLY a vegetarian restaurant, called something like "Healthy Head" (not kidding) and no longer served shisha.  

PRAGUE (Reuters) - Big Brother is about to become monkey business. Inspired by the television reality show, Czech public radio and television broadcasters have announced that on November 7, they will begin airing a new show that will follow the lives of four gorillas living together at the Prague Zoo.  

No question, Prague is a beautiful city. I lived there, I know its hidden streets, and I know its secret places. But it’s always full of surprises. I spent the last weekend there, and I discovered some new places again. This time I found a whisky store – the “Spirit of the World” shop in the Old City.  

I swear I will never eat the msg-polluted mongrel meals of the Czech Republic’s Chinese takeaway again.  

This was my second day in Prague. I had arrived in a very cold morning, with an empty stomach, the bust left me in the middle of a street, at 4:45 am. It was very dark, and nothing seemed opened. I walked my way with a huge backpack, the type of backpack that yells- I am a tourist and I have traveled all around the world. Never felt in danger, not once in front of me, after 20 minutes of wandering trough almost empty streets, a big hotel that had 2 and a half stars on its outside sign was in sight.