Week Won

Did you know that Friday is trash day? Well it is and from our balcony you can see the trash truck arriving!

It has been too cold to enjoy the balcony much, but trees and bushes are just beginning to flower here...

Go to the light! Cross over to the other side! Like moths to the flame, follow the light!

Ahh me, the metro! I have come to believe the only decent means of transport is the tram. But then, some say that about the bicycle and others about walking.

The metro is fast and furious. And deep. And can you believe how steep this escalator is? Awesome comes to mind. It is very steep, very fast, and very windy. I jump a little onto it every time.

No work for the weekend! (well, very little anyway) We have been through an entire week and this weekend have finally gotten out to play. Truth be told, our flat is within blocks of quite a few parks, lovely hotels, small markets, a post office, a bakery, a meat shop, and numerous restaurants and cafes. We are in a hot spot!

Our landlords went to dinner with us last night and took us to their favorite restaurant (of course, only three blocks away). They brought their eager-to-please small dog (but not too small) and he was very well behaved. Prague is full of dogs and most are well behaved. I passed a man feeding pigeons in the park this morning - and his german shepherd was sitting watching him -with some obvious restraint!

We are in Prague 2 and that means walking into the center of the city is comfortable, although there is a metro and tram stop two and a half blocks away that gets you there, just more quickly and without the knee pain that insists on pestering me. See the picture to understand what awaits those who metro - or for hilarity search YouTube for some funny footage. hmmm. I should post my own video...


I always enjoy people-watching and nowhere is this more entertaining than the old town square. It is a large square and many sheep parade behind their goodly tour guide shepherd. Even better are the smaller, gender homogenous groups. They are often boisterous and/or giggly and do ridiculous things.


Soon I shall have the map in my head properly oriented and we begin our Czech language lesson not this coming week but the next. In the interim I will be learning some basics from a CD. Rosetta Stone may not feel the Czech language is worth covering, but thankfully many others do.