Prague: Do you knows

* Exchange rate is 10 czh: 70 cents sgp : 0.23 quid

* Fast food chain charges 6 czk for each packet of ketchup.

* Most shopkeepers know as much english as I know malay. Beyond the most basic words for ordering and bargaining, it is a struggle.

* Train/bus tickets are sold at the sundry shops. The basic ticket 14czk is valid for 20 minutes and up to 5 stations. Typically, this is enough to visit the major sites in the city centre.

* There are no barricades to enter the underground metro and the system is based on integrity. We are supposed to stamp our tickets at the entrance whence marks the start of the time validity of the ticket.

* The police tends to check on foreigners who blur blur walk in and think what a great country to provide free public transportation. I think the fine is 70 sgp or something.

* The chandeliers are gorgeous here, with a wide range of designs. Wish I could buy one but for too many buts.


* On a grey day, the statutes along Charles Bridge are just lumps of blackened figurines, hardly worth a glance. Come back on a sunny day, you will discover the sword or halo on the saints aglow with golden light, it is something altogether.



* Puppetry craft appears to be a signature artform here.
[Looking into a puppetry workshop]