Czech-ing In

Thoughts from my flight and the first couple of days here

--Air France has great champagne on their flights. The crew refuses to speak English, although they were familiar with the language (and 3/4 of the flight was American). I respect that, so a champagne toast to refusing to compromise to the American cultural machine.

--Prague is much more eastern european than I had expected. Lots of smoking, pretty dirty outside of the old town, etc. My hotel room is a closet and the internet is down, but I do get a lot of German tv. Saw the Family Guy dubbed into German before I left. Still pretty funny.

--After czech-ing into my hotel and wandering around a bit, I stumbled onto the old town and the Charles Bridge. Fantastic. Can't say enough good things about it. Pictures will follow. Previously, my reaction to living here for a year was abject fear, but after seeing the bridge and the old town I assure you I will enjoy living here.

--Been here for almost 20 hours and still haven't sat down in one of the many cafes or pubs for a beer. This will shock most of you, I'm sure. I've been too tired to deal with interacting with anyone in my non-existant guidebook czech.

--Eurocup tonight! There's a giant screen in old town square for people to gather, drink in the streets and watch the games. Open container law goes into effect after the championship!