tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341696.post114478680855893316..comments2023-09-11T09:20:05.160-04:00Comments on The Big Finn's Big Blog!: Prague: Chapter 2 - American Capitalist Pigs!!!The Big Finnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09399330438126032649noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341696.post-1144941252666345932006-04-13T11:14:00.000-04:002006-04-13T11:14:00.000-04:00CS - you didn't miss anything... just my lack of...CS - you didn't miss anything... just my lack of a good memory these days..<BR/>I had spent May 2002 in Prague. Experienced a lot including tons of people asking me if I spoke German rather than English. . Of course I was there teaching English so what you said TBF is definitely true... I just never knew how important hand signals were when you don't speak any common language...<BR/><BR/>I still need to find all of my photos from that trip!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455800980666388178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341696.post-1144859037406755652006-04-12T12:23:00.000-04:002006-04-12T12:23:00.000-04:00ET-The older people pretty much speak Czech, Russi...ET-The older people pretty much speak Czech, Russian, and Polish. Starting about ten years ago, the schools really started pushing English. I think most people speak some German due to the proximity of Austria and Germany. English was widely spoken.The Big Finnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09399330438126032649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341696.post-1144856385393815272006-04-12T11:39:00.000-04:002006-04-12T11:39:00.000-04:00Wow. That's surely a difference in price! Ahhh Exp...Wow. That's surely a difference in price! <BR/><BR/>Ahhh Expat - Swiss dollar?? Did I miss something on the local news? ;-)CanadianSwisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07643821249467079199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341696.post-1144855833447544742006-04-12T11:30:00.000-04:002006-04-12T11:30:00.000-04:00Yup, they rake you in for being an idiot oh I mean...Yup, they rake you in for being an idiot oh I mean tourist... When I was there, it was 33 crown to 1 swiss dollar, but wait that might have been 7 crown to 1 swiss... Haha... The 33 sounds better. <BR/><BR/>Did any of them speak German? Because that is their second language, not English...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455800980666388178noreply@blogger.com