Archive for November, 2007

Friday
November
30th
2007
11:12 am

How do you solve a problem like Maria?

Apropos of absolutely nothing at all, I ran across this on McSweeneys Internet Tendency, and I thought it was too good not to share.

Wednesday
November
28th
2007
1:21 am

NY Times article on Mariánské Lázne

I’m not the only person who has recently traveled to Mariánské Lázně: this article recently appeared in the New York Times travel section. The author’s experience was very similar to mine.

Tuesday
November
27th
2007
2:29 pm

Hand-held Credit Card Scanners

I was really amazed when I came to Europe and found that every restaurant and cafe and even most pubs have these hand-held credit card scanners. It’s such a logical device: rather than a waiter taking your credit card away, and running the risk that (at best) it will be accidentally returned to another customer, the waiter brings the reader to you. Apparently, they’re just now starting to catch on in the US, at least according to this article from the New York Times.

Monday
November
26th
2007
2:38 pm

Snow

There was a flurry of snow this afternoon. It didn’t last long, and it mostly melted as soon as it hit the pavement, but it was enough to dust Náměstí Míru and the Advent Market.


I feel so sorry for the merchants in those drafty little stalls!

The snow resumed this evening, and has been going off and on for the past couple of hours.

Incidentally, for those of you who may be wondering, yes, I have been wearing my coat. And frequently my hat and gloves. Sometimes even a scarf ’round my throat.

Friday
November
23rd
2007
1:53 pm

Advent Market

Well, it’s not quite Advent, but the Advent Market at Náměstí Míru has already started:

The most popular stalls are the ones selling hot wine and sausages:

I’m not seeing a lot of buying going on; most people seem content just to look, at least for now.

The big Advent Market will be at Old Town Square, but that isn’t set up yet.

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