I am at the breakfast room at the Hotel Maximilian in Prague. The decor is very bright, clean, modern, and mostly white. I was greeted by Vilem, the smiling young man who brought me my fish yesterday. He asked about Nemo. I told him that I woke up at 4 in the morning in a panic because I forgot that all the electricity was turned off, leaving the poor fish’s bubble machine to be off as well. Here in Europe many hotel’s room electricity is turned on/off by the room’s key card. You put it in a slot and it turns everything on/off. So after jet lag and no sleep, I, of course, didn’t think about the bubble machine that supposedly would keep Nemo alive (I didn’t think goldfish needed this air system???). When I told Vilem that I thought I might have killed Nemo, we both laughed. Thankfully, I told Vilem, I found Nemo to be alive when I turned on the light (I was scared to turn on the light because I really, truly, thought I killed him).
After indulging in an omelette, almost an entire loaf of bread, fruit, juice, muesli, two pots of Earl Grey tea with honey, and then a pot of loose leaf green tea with grapeberry (made by Vilem!), I am ready to face the day. I have about four hours until I take off for Kutna Hora. I am staying at an area called the Jewish Quarter so I will walk around here for a bit. Stay tuned as I will have great stories to tell along with some amazing pictures…
