We went to Prague earlier in the year. I had been several times before before but it was the first time for my wife and we both thoroughly enjoyed it. There were however a few exceptions. For example, the outrageous pricing at some of the most popular tourist spots and in particular the atmospheric Old Jewish Cemetery. I know that the exorbitantly priced ticket included entry to all of the many Jewish synagogues in the city, many of which are particularly fine, but how many shuls can a goyim visit in a single day? Of the nearby Cafe Kafka however I have no complaints. A quiet and dark wooden interior, plain furniture, and decent beer and coffee (at reasonable 'tourist city' prices) make it easy to imagine that you might bump into the great man himself. I declined to buy their subdued souvenir t-shirt only on the grounds that I now prefer plain t-shirts sans motif. Of the food they served, I'm not so sure because the strudel we ate wasn't quite as good as the breakfast strudels we enjoyed in a different cafe. However, if they had been selling Hegel's Bagels ...
Other food we ate in Prague was much more enjoyable, and so too was the exemplary Prague beer - the wine too. Lots of meat, mostly pork and venison, and lots of dumplings, but we found an excellent pizzeria serving both pizza and local wine at very reasonable prices just slightly out of the city centre. We also enjoyed eating near the university in a restaurant/bar decorated with fleshy murals of large-breasted and naked women and hugely endowed and naked men fornicating in the Bohemian countryside. Definitely a place to go back to. Prague I mean.
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