Showing posts with label Prague. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Prague. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Foods from the Czech Republic

I ate hot dogs like every day. After Amsterdam, Munich and Prague I was left thinking "Dude, Europeans just eat hot dogs all day. What the hell?"

McDonalds has shrimp in the Czech Republic. They had it in Amsterdam as well though I didn't try any there.

Bavarian Sausage (or as I called it: a really big hot dog)

Yes they put mayo on their sausages. gross, i know.

grilling sausage at the old town square



trdelnik

I bought this Trdelnik to eat. It looked a lot better than it tasted. However I should note that I later saw other places spread things like chocolate, peanut butter, etc on the inside of it. Mine didn't get anything.

Potatoes! Mmmm.

My Potatoes

Langose stand

The Langose was really good. Looking at this makes me want to get some more, but I probably never will ever again.

I went to Cream & Dream on the recommendation of Sir Toby's. It was good, though I wouldn't say spectacular.
The people working at Sir Toby's said it was the best ice cream in Prague. Maybe, it was good, but it was also on their map, meaning Cream & Dream had paid Sir Toby's to be on their tourist map.
My ice cream and Ching Yee's ice cream.

Cheese cake from Cream & Dream. Yes, ice cream AND cheese cake. I'm such a fatass, I know.

59 krown salami pizza.

My strawberry juice.

Ching Yee's coffee.

Another sausage for me!

Ching Yee was getting homesick so we went to a Chinese restaurant.

Engrish



The people working there thought we couldn't use chopsticks once they found out I'm American.

Eurohotdog. The bun doesn't open up, it just has a hole you put the sausage in. The condiments go inside the hole.

Beef goulash with dumplings. The dumplings are just those pieces of bread. There's nothing in them. I felt cheated, but that's what they are. I later found out from a friend that dumplings just mean steamed dough. I think they should just call it BREAD.

Fried pork filet.

Americka sandwich. I had to order it cuz it was called that. It's basically just a meatball sandwich.

Another bravarian sausage.

A nasty cheap pastry.

In the markets of Prague the locals by bread like this for SUPER CHEAP. We're talking like 2 krown or less per bread.

More cheap bread.

cheap bread

cheap bread

cheap bread

I had one cheap bread for breakfast one day. It's quit airy in the middle, not very filling.

I got this crappy meal at a casino. I was wandering around and got hungry so I just dropped in and got this.

I got this at the train station in Kutna Hora. It's sekana v housce and it cost 20 krowns.

Pork and Potatoes. A boring and bland meal but it did the trick. I got this at Kurna Hora. The white stuff on top of the pork is cheese.


A cheap meal I made from stuff I bought at a market run by a Vietnamese man. I was getting a little tired of the slight prejudice I was running into now and then in Prague. I didn't feel like pumping much of my money into their economy at this point so I decided to get this cheap stuff.

Tea and cake from Prague's Heaven.

Subway and tram map

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Lucky - Featuring Prague's Old Town Square!

Okay so I'm about two years late with this song, but I have a good excuse. In 2008 I was wandering around aimlessly in Asia. I'm usually not into poppy songs but this once has a nice melody and more importantly it features Prague's Old Town Square! Look at the background when the guy (Jason Mraz) is on Camera. That's all Prague. You'll see the Astronomical Clock, a view from Charles Bridge, the cobblestone roads there, and more.

The song is called Lucky by Jason Mraz. This version features Ximena SariƱana, a Mexican singer. I embedded the Spanish version because I like it better than the English version. I think Ximena is pretty good and I'm sure you're tired of the original anyway. I don't understand Spanish but I generally don't listen to lyrics anyway, mainly melodies and harmonies. If you like it, you can buy this version from amazon, or you can get Ximena's album Mediocre.


Official Video on Youtube here (they don't allow embedding, boooo).

The played out English version can be seen here, or bought here.

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Random Pics from Prague

The following day Ching Yee and I went our separate ways. We hadn't extended our stay at Sir Tobys and they were full for the weekend, probably due to their Halloween party. Ching Yee went to some place super cheap and I went on to Prague's Heaven as recommended by my Lonely Planet book. I mainly just relaxed on this day. I took a few random photos.

I randomly came upon St. Cyril Church.

St. Cyril Church

Crazy Pigeon lady

Prague has a mini eiffel tower.

My terrible picture of the monastery.

The view from the monastery was incredible.

Prague Castle, again. I told you I took like a billion pictures of it.

Some bar.

This is the bar's attraction. I wasn't compelled to go in.

Beware of pick pockets.

Rubin Office center