Prague Journal

Thursday, December 16, 2004.

Today is Beethoven’s birthday. Now if it were Mozart’s birthday there would undoubtedly be a lot of hoopla in Prague. I wonder who’s doing what for Beethoven in Germany.
After a quick post-office run, I went to the train station to meet my dear Colorado friend and colleague Dick Eisenbeis, who is spending his last weekend in Europe with us after teaching a 2-week MBA seminar in Esslingen, near Stuttgart. It gets dark in Prague before 4pm, so by the time his train arrived, the only options before us were to go to a concert or go to a restaurant for dinner. Dick chose the latter, so we brought him to our flat to drop off his luggage, and then took him to Na Staré Faře for a real Czech meal. It was nice to have time to chat during and after dinner before retiring for the night.

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