1.There is an astounding lack of English here.
2.Air conditioning is a completely foreign concept, seriously my hotel room is hot like the fires of hell.
3.No matter how hard you try, you will look like an American and you will be hated.
4.Gypsies are scary.
5.When you pay for anything, you'll feel like a rapper. When was the last time your food cost 500 anything let alone for 4 people? Great thing is 500 Crowns is like 20 bucks.
6.If you like crystal stuff, this is your place. Especially useful if you dine with royalty on a regular basis.
7.They have really fantastic wine here.
8.They have really fantastic beer here.
9.Everyone has Audis here. The best I can figure is that they're like 15 dollars.
10.Fanta is huge here. Pronounced with a soft 'a'. Saying it the American way will get you a blank stare.
11.No Dr. Pepper.
12.Water costs money and comes in bottles the size of shot glasses.
13.Deodorant is optional.
14.The countryside is beautiful.
15.You are either incredibly ugly or ridiculously good looking. There is no middle of the road for attractiveness.
16.WC marks all of the toilets here. No Czech knows what a water closet is.
17.Adding 'sky' to words here doesn't work like it does when you add 'o' for Spanish words. Example “I need Q-Tipskys please” will only get you growled at.
18.Convenience stores are called Non-Stops. I saw that on a door and thought it said wrong way.
19.Lots of crucifixes here. Kinda cool.
20.Hotel soap is the size of a communion wafer here.
21.Big dogs have to wear these wire cage muzzle things that look like something you can find at your better German bondage stores.
22.Late at night I can dial 22200009393202055867032994 and get something called 'handsky' from the naked ladies on TV. It probably means toll-free.
23.It can go from 85 degrees and hot as hell to raining and 40 in like three seconds.
24.Everything still has a very communist aesthetic. Lots of square, gray buildings.
25.You can get most things deep fried here. You really should. Fat doesn't count in Europe.
That's it for this round. Just thought you'd appreciate some little known things about the Czech Republic. I'll write about the last few days later. Till next time. Adios y'all.
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
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Those were laugh out loud observations! Keep 'em coming!
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