We’ve arrived in Prague! Wow, folks are traveling again — quite a contrast from a year ago here. The vast majority of the passengers on our flight from Munich to Prague seemed to be Americans – we’re back!
We flew Lufthansa from Charlotte to Munich, which is a double-edged sword. There is another direct flight to Munich from Charlotte on American. The Lufthansa flights continue to require wearing facemasks, while American flights don’t. But a comparative advantage is that the Airbus jet we took is really nice and comfortable. One cool feature it offers is the ability to display views from cameras mounted on the plane – one on the upper tail, and another below. We luckily had no neighbor passenger on the flight, so I had two monitors up displaying the fascinating camera views during takeoff and landing.
After arrival, we very quickly and excitedly headed over to Sofia’s apartment to Czech on her and bring her miso soup and a Vietnamese dish. She woke up with a fever that morning, and still wasn’t feeling well, so we didn’t stay long, but we look forward to having more time with her in the coming days. She was like a radio station: 102.5 “The Fever” (that joke only works in Fahrenheit). No photos of her yet, accordingly.
Being back in Prague after five months away felt really familiar and comfortable, and yet foreign at the same time. But in our hotel they put us in the exact same room as last time, and at our favorite Vietnamese restaurant the main hostess and server recognized us and asked where we’d been! She really must be the friendliest waitperson I’ve ever had. She always had a mask on before when we saw her, but now I see that she has a huge, beaming grin. Despite (or because of) my dizzyingly low blood sugar, I opted for a $2 Staropramen half liter (17.5 ounces) for dinner. And our dishes were less than $7 each. Man, I’ve missed Czech prices, especially after the sticker shock of Asheville lately. I know — shut up, Scott, about the prices there! I will take that under advisement.
Off to bed early for a good long night of sleep in order to be well-rested for all our other plans.
Today’s dad joke: What are you doing when extending your hand out the window in your Prague hotel to determine if there’s precipitation?
A rain Czech!
Today’s travel quote:
Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.
Terry Pratchett
Major Meander 
Glad to hear that your flight was uneventful and that you arrived safely and eager for experiences. We hope that Sofia is better soon. I enjoyed seeing the Czech beer mug, which greatly resembles the one I bought recently during our Zillicoah outing in Asheville.
I really like the traditional Czech beer mug, especially those from Staropramen, so I may have to get a souvenir before returning home.
“to Czech on her” – I love that the dad jokes are now embedded casually in the posts themselves. Well done!
The airplane cameras! The prices! The puns!