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Descending into the Prague metro.

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Dancing House by Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic in Prague.

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Pork knuckle (knee) is a Czech specialty.

Enormous dish that comes served with horseradish, mustard, and peppers. Yum. Continue reading

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Went to the Prague Biennale 4.

The quality of the art wasn’t that high, although there were a few pieces I liked. My favorite part about it was the decaying former factory space it was in. Continue reading

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Day trip to Kutna Hara. Winner for most grisly tourist sight is the ossuary with the bones of 40000 people.

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Douglas Gordon video installation at Dox Centre in Prague.

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Damien Hirst’s Necropolis at the Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague.

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Hello Praha.

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You can get paprika flavored Pringles in Slovakia.

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Vienna has a very neat system of public bikes.

Positioned at various points around the city, there are these racks of yellow bikes, and you can check them out from an automated system. Free for the first hour! The only problem I had was finding one of their racks when I was done. Continue reading

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