This Monday after the end of week three saw us handing in another project. This one required us to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the ligusitic, phonetical, grammarical, writing and reading skills of one of our students. It was a killer. With little or no understanding of what we were talking about, we had to write 30 pages to complete the project. Hopefully the instructors can be easily baffled by bullshit. If not, I am in trouble. The project basically ate up our weekend. Just some quick walks around to clear out the cobwebs and see more than the four walls and the loft of our apartment. Our biggest outing was a trip to the laundry
Eating out in Prague is a challenge. Mostly because there is not a block or street or lane or alleyway, or knook that does not have a pub, buffet, cafe or restaurant on it. The one we have been frequenting has a grand total seven tables with three of them sized for two midgets. How can they stay in business?
There are other challenges in picking a place beside where. Price! Depending on location the same meal can cost $6.00 all the way up to $26.00. Beware of table clothes, cloth napkins and bread baskets. They are not free. We discovered this when we went into a nice looking pizza joint with what appeared to be reasonable prices. We ordered two glasses of wine and shared a pizza and one salad. We received our bill and it worked out to over $60.00. Seems that they have a cover charge of $9.00 that is automatically added to the bill. Is this purely a money grab from naive tourists or a way to recover laundry and bread costs. You be the judge.
Don't get me started on surly waiters. I think that they all went to some waiter school in Paris to capture that bored look of disdain when they take your order. Not at our local. No cover charge meant a nice tip from Nonie. We now get a big smile and good service. The food is soso but we feel appreciated and that is all that counts.
Brett and Nonie
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