Prague ~ Around Prague

The Municipal House is one of the finest examples of Art Nouveau in Europe. One of the rooms was entirely done by Mucha.

Tristan's favorite thing about Prague was her shoe.

Prague ~ Me and Kafka, We're This Close

Early cover for Metamorphosis

Old Town Square, through which the family cook used to drag young Franz to school.

Hallway in the Kafka Museum

Now this is what I'm talkin' about. Technical writing to pay the bills. This job was "Preventative Measures Against Accidents Caused by Mechanical Brushes," for the Insurance Institute (1909). Kafka lamented that the 6-9 hour days doing this was soul sucking, in part because he had no energy left for other pursuits. Note that he didn't mention working nights and weekends. More fodder for my manifesto.

These guys get paid to pee in front of the Kafka Museum. Actually, they're moving sculptures, and they are peeing words that I've forgotten but I'm sure Kafka would have loved. There's a great YouTube of the scene here, if you don't mind a bawdy bit of exposition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29-IbY85cZk

Prague ~ The Cubism Museum

If only I had a larger backpack (and a U-Haul) ~

Prague ~ Drinkies VIII

We celebrated Drinkies VIII on October 18 at Pivovarsky Dum and a few other establishments in Prague. We kind of scared some places, being such a big group, I think. 15 peeps and one very happy baby. We proved to be pretty tame, especially compared to some groups I guess. Some pubs actually have signs on the door that mandate no large groups of drunk Brits. We tried to be good.

Czech beer in the making

Eric sez Drinkies next year will be in Alaska, maybe for Solstice.