Last whole day in Prague

I had breakfast this morning with my new friends from Chicago, Jean and Linda, at the ONLY Irish pub in the city of Prague. I wish I'd taken a photo of the sandwich - big flat kind of bread with Irish sausages inside. And fresh squeezed orange juice. Sitting on the square. As they all say, it is a lot more expensive sitting on the square. And it was about twice as much as if we'd sat inside or taken away. The single espresso was 75 kc whereas around the corner, my take-away one was 32 kc.

It's still hot and muggy here. And probably will be for awhile yet. It feels like Florida. In fact, the people on the tour from there have all (all two of them! it just felt like more!) felt right at home. When it started to "rain" Friday evening, I think there were three drops of rain and everybody, about 6 people anyway, said "OH NO! IT'S RAINING!!!!" To which I promptly started cracking up.

I am sitting in the Globe bookstore in the new town area. Expats and all that stuff. It's very quiet outside the general tourist areas. I still am going to try to make it to the Torture Museum (total tourist trap) and the Sex Toys Museum (maybe tourist trap??). I went to the Cubist Museum in the Black Madonna Building but it is closed until September. I don't think I'll be making it to the Applied Arts Museum, though.

Made my last stop at the Havelska Market for a couple of bars of Czech chocolate and a souvenir for Nick. Can't say what it is though or he might read this and know what I'm bringing him. I know he's going to like it though. And if he doesn't, I'll keep it because I like it!

Linda, Jean and I are heading to the castle area for one last trip this afternoon and a stop at place where they supposedly make awesome creme brulee, one of my absolute favorite desserts. And if we can't find that, I guess it's one more Pilsner Urquell for the road.

Oh yeah: had the famous, or is that infamous, absinth last night. Not actually bad, if I do say so. But oh my gosh, it's 75 percent alcohol! 150 proof! Made my tongue go hhhhhaaaaa (can't really describe it!). Drank most of it and the Frank, famous Frank, from Florida, finished it off for me. One was enough. More than enough. Thank God for Frank. And he would agree with that.

Ok, well, I'm off again.

If you don't hear from me again, it's because I'm having too much fun on my last day here and since I leave about 6 in the morning for the airport, I might be logging in again from the states to do a last minute update to the record. I'll be posting photos and a trip journal, though.

See you all soon!

Ahoj!!