Meat...not so big for me...

I'm glad James is enjoying his week of atkins diet. I however have not been quite so drenched in the meat fat. I've had some great chicken dishes, and I love love love the potato pancakes and dumplings. I did have fried cheese today for lunch. It's on practically every menu, but I had decided I was not going to eat it. Our tour today included lunch...and the options were goulash, pork loin or fried cheese...so fate intervened. Izec told the tour guide I needed vegetarian (it's just easier) and she told me I could have the cheese. So what can I say about the cheese? It looked like a McD's fishwich and had some french fries...a heart attack on a plate. It was ok, it was fried so it couldn't be that bad. Oh, and the "vegetarian" lentil soup had big chunks of sausage in it. Obviously my version of vegetarian is different from the czech.

We took a bus tour of Karlstejn castle today, about an hour outside of Prague. It was built by Charles IV, "the most important king of Czech Republic." It was huge, and built into the stone of the hill. What I'm starting to learn that castles are big, they're freezing cold and they're kind of damp and dank. But I LOVED our tourguide. He was a younger guy, very knowledgable and took crap from anybody. When he was talking, NOBODY else was talking. And he had a look that would knock you down and a "Ssshhhhh" to follow. He was awesome. I've noticed tourists are kind of loud and pushy and he kept everyone in line.

Since James posted about the bedding, I feel I need to counter. The duvet is folded in thirds UNDER the top cover. So yes, I have commented/complained because every night I have to remake my bed so I can get into it to sleep. This makes absolutely no sense to me...I'm on vacation so I shouldn't have to make the bed! The only explanation I can get out of James is "it's just how it's done here" so until I get a better explanation, I'm going to comment on it every single night. Be prepared James, be prepared...

We've had great weather since we got here but it started to rain today, just as we were heading home. Yahoo weather is predicting rain/snow tomorrow so we're doing a museum day and going to the opera to see "Madame Butterfly". We're getting quite cul-tuahed on this trip....