Cheaper Than Texting: prague at twilight- and japanese tour groups.

after our standing up bus ride back, we wanted to walk around a bit before dinner. so here's the charles bridge before we were on it.

and then we saw the biggest nightclub in europe. FIVE STORIES. i do not go to nightclubs though.

sometimes, when you sit at a table in prague, as the locals appear to be doing, and try to make eye contact with a waiter, they will ignore you. for 45 minutes. and finally you realize that you should just go away, because they want you to. this will happen in switzerland too. it's okay. better meals come out of it.

we wandered a little further and went into an underground cellar restaurant. the large center table was reserved for 2 separate Japanese tourist groups. first we had some czech beer:

ryan's is huge, like him.

in prague, they bring you the bread basket, and then charge you for it if you touch it. i mean, it's not much, like 1-2 euro, but if you don't want bread, don't touch it. we did, obviously.

czech meals start with soup. there's allegedly a saying about filling the belly with soup, and then having small portions of meat or whatever else. they're mostly clear, broth based soups. ryan loved this chicken broth with noodles and flank steak. i loved the mushroom soups with barley and herbs.

the decor was positively medieval! there were a lot of dead things hanging on the walls.

once we got to the restaurant and ordered drinks, we realized that we'd meant to convert more euros into czech currency, but we forgot. so we ordered a kabob dish that was for 2, and shared some sides. it was cheaper. it was NOT SMALLER. the tourist groups behind us had a set meal, and it was roasted pork of some kind. they were also taking pictures of everything on the walls, so we didn't feel bad. but when the kabob came, and i took a picture of it, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM asked to take a photo, and did. so.... i guess that will be fun for their friends in japan??