Gray Day in Prague; Czech please

Today was not a "Feel good day" in Prague.

It started w our coffee run (a morning ritual). KH joined me; we took the EH unapproved route of the bus from a block away, 11 stops later. We got Starbucks. (We'll skip the exchange abt gnoshes & missing the bus). The bus is sitting short of the bus stop & the woman from Norfolk (we don't drink, nor smoke, nor...) & she takes her hurry cane & pounds on the window & shouts "open the door" & he shouts & points at the sign 50 feet up the road. We stand there & Karen gives him the stink eye every few moments as he reads the paper. Four of us got on & went one stop be getting off. I said "i forgot to say dekuju to him" & KH says "i was going to say something to him in English but he'd have understood it!" Whoa.
    We started by going to the Old Town Square. Hundreds of people were blocking the road. Turns out the astrological clock does interesting things on the hour -- the video in today's pics gives you an idea, although not the best angle.
.   Then into the cathedral. No pics allowed.
.    Then across the square to St Nicholas church. A nice enough place, smaller than the two nearby, but its congregation are Hussites (that's him in the big statue in the square). An early (14th c) protestant rebel.
.   As we were hungry, we had lunch at Meetburger. You can't make this shit up. The burger photo should tell you all you need.
.  Across the street was a Kafka exhibit. He's a big deal here (see the awning in pic). EH was lured in by promises of some kind of knowledge. If it wasn't the weirdest thing I've ever seen, it's up there. There were two rooms of medieval excavations & one room w 64 screens, 8 at a time showing the same thing, w a series of murderous & morbid events, some w/ a guy w/ a K in a circle on his clothes. We were told by signs the confusion we felt was the human condition.!!!
.  If that wasn't uplifting enough, we then went to the Jewish quarter. Acc to EH, Prague had the largest Jewish population in Europe for centuries. The Nazis took care of that. The first building was a synagogue w/names on the wall of all the Prague Jews killed. Imagine the Vietnam Memorial on white walls w/ LOTS more names. Stunning.
.   Then the Jewish cemetery. Again, v old. As you can see, it rained the whole time we were outside.

.    By the time we got thru the 4 synagogue, we were worn out.
.    Back to our bus stop, where again we waited, this time patiently, for the driver to finish his break. 😃
After a nap, & changing, back onto a tram to dinner. This place was recommended by our waiter Sunday night in Berlin. It had a young, hip vibe (i.e. We were out of place) w/ an early institutional decor. The food was "Czech" -- which means breading, potatoes & not much sauce. We were disappointed. 

.  & now patient Reader, for one of those observational endings. One thing we have find consistently in 3 cities in 2 countries is that they don't want to bring the check!!! Tonight wast the worst culprit but it took 15 minutes after our plates were cleared. Wed night it was over half an hour. Sunday night in the almost Michelin star it was half an hour plus. We don't get it. Like we turn invisible abt the time you'd think they'd want to flip the table. Even Tues in Dresden they said we had to be done by 9 for someone else, were done at 850 & they didn't bring the check till 915! WTF!!

.  Tomorrow, we see the alchemy museum & other things, then get on a 430 train back to Berlin. Two days left. 

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