The Mucha Museum (while smallish) was great and really interesting. I was excited to go to the Kafka museum, but ultimately disappointed. I'm not sure what I really expected, but it was not surrealistic art installations meant to represent the charged emotion of Kafka's work. I was a very big fan and a bit of an academic around his work while in college. So, I knew his history and his work. I don't know that I think the museum does well by him. Maybe it's just me.
A quick note on last night before the Opera. We went to a local brew pub that brews it's own (very good) Pilsner beer. Finding it was a bit of a chore (the maps we have don't show the smaller side streets so it can be very confusing at times), but we found it and got a seat (no smoking section - it's odd that this is an option being from CA). This place was HUGE. Not all in one room huge, but 7 good sized rooms connected via a warren of tunnels huge. The hostess seated us next to a young woman and two older folks. Turns out they were German (yay!) grandparents on vacation with their grand daughter. Klaus and Krystal with Dominique (the grand daughter). Dominique asked as we sat down if we were from America or England and the conversation just kept going from there. Klaus was the boss of a Singer factory in the former GDR (East Germany). He was very proud that his grand daughter was going to be an engineer (like him). The food was good, the beer was great, and I got a chance to sprechen a little deutsch. It was a load of fun.
Ok, the Opera. I've never been to the opera before. However, Stacy emailed me that they were showing Madam Butterfly at the Prague Opera house. So, I asked Angela if she were interested and she jumped on it. We got second balcony box (front row) seats for about $45.00. Holy moly. I'm not a fresh convert to opera in general, but it was a great experience. The place was beautiful (there are some fuzzy pictures), the sound was amazing, and overall I'm really glad I went. Definitely a wonderful experience.
So, to close, Prague is amazing and I wish we had more time here. I highly recommend it to anyone even slightly interested in coming here. While I am a magnet for mean Czech women, overall the people were helpful and sincerely nice. Prague itself has an enormous amount of history and culture and 5 days does not begin to scratch the surface. I will be coming back here.
4 comments:
James, you look extra uber scruffy. Perhaps this is exacerbated by the fact you're sitting next to a pretty lady. But I think it's mostly just you :P
Who's scruffy lookin'!
The beard does need to go. I plan to find a barber in Rome and see if we can shave this down. If not that then a trimmer at the least. Maybe I can get a dual voltage one (mine at home is 6 years old and dying anyway.
Thanks for the love Lauren...
I think it's just that those Prague women want your body...and probably the beard too! Good thing you're heading out of town to Italy!
Alan
Sounds like you guys are having thhe time of your life. Isn't it nice to be away from work for awile! @:-)
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