Prague Journal

Wednesday, June 8, 2005.

Howard has invited Rick to go on a yachting trip in Croatia, so part of this morning was spent arranging Rick’s plane tickets to Split, Croatia, the point of departure. Howard’s travel agent was able to find inexpensive tickets, so Rick is now booked and committed to the week-long trip, which will commence the second of July!
Most of my day was spent reading and editing cases and manuscripts, mostly for other people. One manuscript was Veena’s case study. I met with Veena and Karin, the company founder, at the Café Imperial, a beautiful art nouveau café just down the street from Charlotte’s apartment. Part of Hotel Imperial built in 1914, the café room is beautifully decorative from floor to ceiling in gorgeous ceramics in the art nouveau style popularized by Alfonse Mucha. The café serves food, but is most popular for its morning coffee and afternoon tea. Fresh donuts (round, jelly-filled dough, similar to German “Berliners”) come free with every cup of coffee. Donuts leftover from the previous day, stacked high in a large bowl on the counter, are available to throw at other customers! Any donuts for throwing, however, must be paid for in advance.
Veena and Karin and I talked until well after 10pm, so I was quite late getting home. By the time I arrived, Rick was home from his Czech class, sporting a fat lip from an attempted pick-pocket. He had been accosted by five well-dressed Czech youths on the metro, first as he boarded and also as he attempted to get off one stop later. When he shouted at them and defended his pocket, one threw a punch.

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