Turtlenecks and Dave Coulier

I know, I know, after reading that title you're wondering where I could possibly be going with this post.  "Jim" you might say, "I know it's fall so sure turtlenecks, but what the heck does Joey from Full House have to do with anything?"

Well, to answer your questions, first look at the picture of my lovely wife and the spiral shaped pastry she is holding (along with the mulled wine, it's been chilly). That is called a trdelnik in Czech.  They are covered in sugar and spices and are pretty tasty.  If you try to pronounce it, you basically start mentioning a certain article of clothing.

You may see where I'm going with this.  Most of the basic phrases in Czech aren't too hard to pronounce.  Dobry den is hello, prosim is please, but thank you has been giving us a bunch of trouble.  It's dekuji, but kinda sounds like the person in the title of this post said really fast.

In other news, escalators to the Prague metro are really steep and long and move wicked fast and are just generally a bit unsettling.

Finally, here is the Old New Synagogue in the Jewish quarter of Prague.  Legend has it that Rabbi Loew created the Golem here in the 16th century to protect Prague from antisemitic attacks, but it had to be deactivated every Sabbath.  He forgot once and the golem went crazy and had to be permanently shut down and is now said to be stored in the attic.