Day 63 - Closed

Lots of Prague is closed today, but luckily the mini-mall where I use the internet is unaffected. It's a fair distance away from the hostel, but I don't seem to mind. I return to my favorite mood, unshakably mellow. There are several good reasons for that.

• Brothers In Arms. They have it here at the internet cafe, so I got to spend an hour blowing stuff up. The acting in the game is really good. The opening is a grabber too. I think I'll play another hour today and see if I can keep my backup from getting killed.
• Carrefour. Carrefour is like Target and Albertsons put together. They seem to still be working the kinks out though, as sometimes items don't ring up correctly. Today I'm going to take pictures of the items I buy to avoid any more delays at the register. There's a bar of white chocolate with straberry bits with my name on it. I'm actually trying to eat a little poorly at this point as it has recently come to my attention that I've lost some weight. Well, I've lost some width anyway, as I can now comfortably use the last notch in the belt I brought. Doh.
• Park. The park itself is nice. The most fun I had in the park came from trying to photograph bees. I just wanted one picture of each kind of bee. I think I eventually succeeded, but sometimes it's hard to tell on my little preview pane. I can only zoom in so far. After a leisurely stroll through the park, I headed back for the hostel and the remaining food I had left over for dinner. I made pasta again, and while the addition of sauteed mushrooms was definitely a cool addition, I couldn't find decent tomatoes to put in it. The czechs make spaghetti sauce with ketchup. That just ain't right. I used some tomato puree. Meh. I ended up picking out all the pieces of mushroom and garlic. Yummm.
• Sweet Rest. Amazingly enough for a Saturday night, the hostel hadn't managed to fill any of the other beds in my room. I locked the door and slept a wonderous sleep.
• Morning Walk. I decided to walk to the mall in the morning. Prague never fails to please. Even though I wasn't in the old town, there were still plenty of things to photograph. I also wandered by the state opera house and picked up a ticket for Georges Bizet's Carmen tonight. I think this will be my first opera... ever. It oughta be a good one. And it was less expensive than Duran Duran. :P I need to get more cash from the machine though. Plays in London and concerts in Prague. The National Museum was next door, but I thought the mall might close early on Sunday, so I headed here instead.
• Funny Pictures. There have been a few funny threads of posters here in Prague that I've wanted to take pictures of. I ran across well placed ones to phograph this morning. The main one is the official czech beer, Pilsner Urquell. I think if Glenn's Isetta comment every time I see it. It's made in a place called Plzen or something, so I think it might be the place where pilsner was invented. [homer]That crazy Urkel! What will he think of next!?[/homer]

Now I think it's time to check out the lebanese place in the food court. Mmm. Food court.