Matt-Christmas in Prague

Greetings-figured that I should get another one of these in before the end of the year. To break up the excitment or lack there of in Vilseck (the military base-the stadt aka town of Vilseck might be very nice for all I know but I haven't ventured there yet) we decided to head to Prague-furthest east either of us have ever been. It was what we had heard-amazing how large and old the city is and part of it were so well preserved. None of the miles of sidewalk we walked were cement-they were all 2x2 inch stone blocks arranged to form the sidewalk-amazing. Not as "polished" as Paris but I kinda liked it that way-it was not so pretentious and felt old. We ate in some fabulous cafes after exploring the city on foot as our favored mode of travel. The hotel was rather Bohemian-slightly edgy neighborhood but nice place, location and accomodations-cheap too for Prague. Unlike Germany, the city was very alive Christmas Eve and Day-made me think of Christmas in San Francisco where the streets still bustled.

Main things to point out:
1) Probably the hardest city we've ever visited thus far to navigate-my internal compass acted like we were in the Bermda Triangle
2) Cech beer rocks and is pretty cheap
3) Kelly is a sucker for European cafes (if I ever need to get out of the dog house, a cafe will do nicely)
4) In the Czech Republic you have to pay for the bread at the table even if you don't eat it-
5) I am getting very comfortable not being able to read signs or understand the radio or TV here. Still working on the Deutsch-doubt I'll get the hand of Czech anytime soon.
6) For the 1st time, I actually took the pictures-hold the press

....gaining perspective on the world and life is not a bad Christmas present.

Prost