As I pass through another Famous European Metropole on my way to Somewhere Else, I had some time to think about how special our capital city of Prague is, and how little Czechs appreciate their Golden Jewel.

The list of things Czechs (and aliens to the Czech Republic, formerly known as "foreigners") should be more grateful for:

** our young men and women who continue to master the tricks of the service trade, and how they get better and better all the time! Walk into any 5-star establishment housed in completely new digs (read: not housed in an antiquated communist-era building or in the South Part of Prague) and prepare to be amazed!

** Prague city to Prague airport connections within precisely 25 minutes. There is no other city I've been in where this is true. I dare you to test it out -- it used to be Tempelhof in Berlin -- but ever since the Allies stopped flying in food supplies to former Nazis during the '50s, that title has reverted to Prague.

** our airport personnel are some of the most talented linguistically anywhere in the post-communist region. Look back in the archives (note to all my player haters: try Google Blogs, I'll give you a little tip) for some of my old posts as part of my airport interactions in g.oddamn "Slovakia" (and that's an understatement!) over in Kaszavarosz (aka "Kosice")...you'll readily see the difference. Czechs speak mellifluous English, many times quite a nice German, and they do so with class because they aim to do well. If you don't believe me, you've got your head up your backdoor.

** I've been around the world, folks, and hands down, Czech girls are so hot they make me want to bite my fingers off (and the "ADM"'s attracted people of the darker persuasion [amen to South Africa and its wonderful Sotho peoples], loves Japanese and Korean girls to bits, has had raucous sexual encounters with Syrian Arabs whose brothers were poised to beat the living crap out of him (possibly murder him) if they discovered what she and I were doing in her Koran-surah festooned home and for sullying the family honour. Yet again today I noticed another wonderful buxom one in a red top this morning whom I'd have gone up to, save for the man she was kanoodling with on the bench. Hot damn! What a set she had!

** our airport is one of the more modern edifices around -- and it's no surprise that Ruzyne Airport won the CEE Airports Prize in 2006. The cynical jackals out there might contend this is because the poobahs in Mala Strana are looking to parcel it off as part of a privatization manoevre, but that would be senseless bickering and bitching, and we know that we're not about that.

** we aren't always polite, but Czechs have dignity. That means, they won't leave a mother hanging on the bus by herself, leaving her to own devices and not helping her to raise her pram/carriage into the bus or help her up the stairs.

** realizing how utterly revolting our national food dishes are, Czechs have opened up to the world of international cuisine, and are changing the face of what the Czech food scene looks like forever. No longer will knedliky (dumplings) be served without a side-helping of miso soup and udon noodles. And thank the Creator for that.

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More observations coming soon.

Lovingly,
ADM

ps why aren't more people reading the material?! Could it possibly be that I'm too insulting, not talented enough, and perhaps a wee bit of a jackass? Hrm...maybe it's because I'm from Canada? I know plenty of people are RSSing the feed, but still -- I should be receiving Fat Man's numbers, shouldn't I? Who's your daddy?