Salmon, Salami and beer with Svejk :)

Second day – decided that this time we’ll get to know the city “with mind”, we have chosen few place to see…
First of all – described in every book-guide “Josefov” – the Jewish district with old cemetery, synagogues and pubs – but of course polish smart students forgot that Saturday is a holy, free day for Jews and entrance for every typical for this nation building is closed. So we got to know famous Josefov just from the outside – taking only few pictures of graves behind the wall… Maybe fortunately, because- as we got to know from Helča – the entrance fee was about 250 kc from each person – which seemed too much for two poor students from Poland ;)
But before we came to Josefov we did some shopping in the nearest shop (shopping- maybe in this case it doesn’t fill the definition of the word – “shopping”) and took some tram – probably number 11 which took us to the stop “Museum” – why the tram? Well.. after the first day we got to know on one side traveling without a ticket is possible and could let us save some money at least for one beer… but on second side – possibility of escape while ticket-controllers are trying to catch you, under the ground is a bit limited :P … So we have chosen old-well-known tram to travel at least at day :-)
We took several (this is an advantage of digital cameras - how much would we pay for traditional – analog pictures…) pictures in front of and from every side of Museum and decided to walk down of the city but avoiding main streets… we did our best… but the one who was in Prague knows very well that finally – however and anywhere you walk, you will finally get to the centre… So in this way we saw an Opera and other interesting buildings, ate ice-cream near the tower and finally got to some gate – which we know about only, that was founded by polish duke – Wladyslaw Jagiellonczyk and nearby sat down “horde” of young German tourists ;)
We got to described before Josefov and then got – quite known for students feeling of hungry… In mistake is the reader who thinks that suddenly we started looking for some restaurant… no no no... :-) Armed with salami and bought in the morning rolls we came to the “…” square where the main event was not our “late breakfast” but Folk Prague Festival… With all responsibility I can say now that in this way we ate with culture ;) Aaa... I forgot to add that the liquid which was our companion this time was non-alco Coca-Cola light… [ech commercials…] ;)
Although we didn’t want.. finally we came to our “beer-opener” Karluv Most :-) You can do your best… tell yourself “no more” but I suppose – there is no chance to avoid this bridge, this place during your day… But we just looked at… because this time our aim was to see as much as we can and to realize every point of our plan… and there left for Saturday still… “Dancing house” and “Hostinec u Kalicha” . The first point from the list was found quite easily – just near the river… with its shape seemed that an architect who designed such “Art” had quite hard night… or rather week before started drawing… One thing is sure – it became one of Prague’s symbols… The second point – “Hostinec u Kalicha” – it was a bit harder to find this place… but exploration was worth of it’s prize… Prize – and here I should mention few numbers… The average prize of Pilsner Urquell in every pub situated at least 20 meters from the main square costs from 27 till 35 Kc (about 1 €) but not at “u Kalicha”… this place is known as the most favourite place of famous “Švejk”-the only Czech soldier, who although was just imagined by Jaroslav Hašek hero- is recognized on all the world. The restaurant U Kalicha isn’t any special place… I would rather say that if we wouldn’t follow by the instructions and place described in the guide we would never chose such an ugly place to drink a beer… and for sure not to eat anything… Pivo u Kalicha (1 liter) costed 120kč and was the same as in every other pub… There was one more minus of this pub… that except one table – taken by Germans, all the restaurant’s customers were Poles… It didn’t satisfy us… but more disappointed was the manager of the restaurant who to show his frustration of “such life” told us that for 10 last days there were no Poles who ordered more than few beers… And it’s hard to believe that except Germans anyone took anything more than Pilsner… :P
But I can’t lie and must say that after such beer and such “rape” on our wallets we left the restaurant with very good mood and soon we came home. Last time when I fell asleep during the normal day… hard to remind… maybe 8 years ago… Ech this Prague… :-)
At home we finished Salami and ate of course our favorite cans - which for the needs of this article we called “salmon”.
In the evening we again came to the centre – but this time our aim was to take couple of pictures of Prague by night… and we did it! How to not to love this city?!
P.S.
What’s more at night we went to one internet-café to check the schedule of buses back to Klodzko…and very good that we did it because in other way next day we would be waiting for the bus which wouldn’t come… For a second we felt weak and wanted to check what’s new in Poland but finally at the last moment we got back conscious and turned off computer :-)

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