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Backpacking 06: Prague
27th May (Saturday) Prague
Arrived in Prague in the afternoon after taking the morning train from Berlin. Upon reaching the station, we were greeted by a relatively small but busy train station. There were quite a number of English signs leading us to money changers, transport arrangements and accommodation littered the station along our way. This turned out to be quite misleading as we found ourselves 笔手划脚-ing at the ticket window for our transport out of Prague. Think it took us a good half an hour to settle the night train tickets to Bratislava. We realized that brochures and numbers help a great deal, and withal so do helpful locals who understand English. But it was quite funny because it seems people of different countries have different ways of writing their numbers and it takes a while to differentiate their “2”s and “7”s for example.
This was to be repeated when we checked in into our quaint hostel a few metro stations down. Was greeted by a very pleasant and jocund old lady who was tending to her flowers from the balcony above the entrance, welcoming us warmly into what appeared to be an aged but still charming apartment block. This 笔手划脚 session yielded 2 important phrases though: Thank you -- Děkuji (Ya-ku-ee) Your welcome – Prosím (Proh-seem) www.myczechrepublic.com/czech_language/czech_phrases.html
After settling in, we went walking around the New Town Square (St.Wenceslas Square, with its long and happening boulevard) as well as the enamoring Old Town Square with its Town Hall and Astronomical Clock. St.Wenceslas was the Duke of Bohemia (now approximately the Czech republic) and is their most famous martyr and patron saint. Yup, he’s the subject of the Christmas Carol: Good King Wenceslas.
The most interesting event of the day, however, was to come when we went to celebrate Nq’s birthday at a Czech pub. The Czechs were the first to brew clear, golden lager apparently: Pilsners. And although Budweiser is a german word, and also the name of an American beer, its the name of a the most exported beer in the Czech Republic: Budweiser Budvar. Anyway, at the pub there happened to be an English family holding a wedding anniversary celebrations. Hence, the was a live band there playing music too. Chancing upon this, we requested a birthday song to be played for Nq. But who was to expect that when the band gladly obliged, the whole room stood up to sing Happy Birthday with us. Not only that, they all started converging on our table, taking turns to hug and kiss Nq. That includes even the bride! Qy has video evidence haha.
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ryaniq lived on 4:48 AM
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