This must be what pregnancy feels like. My stomach feels like a balloon on the verge of popping. I am so bloated. I think I ate more food tonight than the past three days combined. And I certainly paid more on my dinner. So why, you might be wondering, did I eat so much? Well, its because I couldn't say no to the waitress tonight. I don't know why. Usually I'm very prepared to say "No. Thank you," when asked if I want dessert. But tonight, some how, a "yes please" came out instead. And that's how not only did my bill increase by 50%, but my stomach also expanded nearly two fold. Which is why, as I sit here updating you on my day, I feel like a pregnant woman. Move over Arnold, theyre shooting Junior II in Prague tonight.
Normally, I'd be a little frustrated with myself, but today's theme was Food and Famous People in Prague, so I chalked it up to cultural research. I spent the morning going to the Kafka Museum and the Mucha Museum. Kafka was a complete bust. You pay 50Kr for a one room museum that has a few quotes and a few random pictures of Prague. I think there were a total of 5 references to Franz Kafka in the entire exhibit. Then the Mucha museum which was much better. I usually hate art museums, but this guy is brilliant. He's one of the father's of Art Nouveau. But I have to admit, I fell asleep in the movie at the end of the museum. I'll blame that on the snorer in my hostel, not he content of the movie (although it was in that early 1990s documentary style).
In the afternoon, I went on a "hike" to the outskirts of Prague to go to a legit Czech bakery. I bought some traditional Laskonka and Pařížské rohlíčky. Impressive huh? Yeah, it would have been if a) i had any clue what either of those two things were before I ordered them, and 2) i could actually pronounce either of those items before I ordered them. But since I knew neither of those things, I basically just showed the sheet of paper my hostel owner wrote for me with the names of both. They packed them up for me...i guess they didn't want me to eat in lol.
Dinner was really good and soooo filling. I had Czech goulash tonight, which is much different than Hungarian goulash. While Hungarian goulash was stewie (makes me think of Family Guy), the Czech version was more like pot roast with some gravy drizzled over it. It comes with dumplings (but not the Chinese kind) and potato pancakes (no apple sauce though). Their dumplings are basically moist bread, so that threw me off a little bit. I kept looking for the doughey balls. And they served it with horse radish, which I didn't realize until I ate the first bite. I promptly moved all of the rest of the radish to the side of my plate. For dessert, pancakes with jam and (too much) powdered sugar...and hot chocolate. So basically, I'm not only bloated, but also in a sugar coma.
Uggg. Tomorrow I start my New Years diet.
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