Thursday, January 04, 2007

notes on our trip to Prague - Pt. I


Tim said to me that his favorite things about Prague were the following (in order):

- my grandmother :)
- the sights
- the food

I have to agree. I would add trams to that list as well. I love riding the trams!!! Especially the ones with heated seats in the winter!


The strangest thing for me when I go back is hearing Czech all around me in all kinds of situations. I understand the language perfectly, but I hardly ever hear it spoken, especially by people other than my family. So my head always spins hearing kids on the tram discussing computers, old people complaining about the holiday tv-programming, security at the airport comparing notes on naked people in movies, a mother admonishing her children for being late, a sales person on her cell phone pouring out her frustration about how no present she got anybody for Christmas was right. So many situations, such varied vocabulary... and I haven't heard much of it in decades, but it all comes back when I'm there... a strange phenomenon to be sure.

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