From Eric - Friday evening, June 4
I am finding that it is not always helpful here in Prague even when your waiter speaks English. English is still hard to understand especially when your waiter has a very thick Czech accent. We were caught off guard tonight as we were finishing dinner when the waiter asked if we wanted dessert.
"Well, yes, that sounds good. What do you have?"
He brought a menu. As I scanned the menu I came across a few words that I did not know "Mille Fille", one that I recognized "cherries" and one that looked a lot like the word "chocolate."
"I think I will try the Mille Fille," was my response. Chocolate and cherries sound good together.
"Just what is Mille Fille?"Greta asks.
And with a small smile erupting from what was an extremely stern face all during dinner, our waiter said,"That is one of my favorites. That is made of....." The next words that came out of his mouth were in English but unrecognizable to us as he spoke them in his deep accent. Not wanting too be the difficult traveler, we nodded, "Yes, we will try one."
He left and we looked at each other and at the same time said, "Did he just say what I think he said? I think that we just ordered chocolate chick-peas with cherries?" That is surely what it sounded like."
Fortunately it was chocolate gingerbread cake with cherries and whipped creme cheese. Yum! It was great!
By the way, you may or may not know that waiters here in eastern Europe get paid by the hour and not by the tips. While American waiters are glad when you leave so that other people can come so they can get more tips, here in eastern Europe they get paid by the hour. The longer you stay, the less work they have to do and they still get paid the same. Now you can choose to tip here, but it is not expected.
It is time for bed. We walked for 13 hours today throughout the city for probably 11+ miles. I am tired and by the way, if you were wondering, I never did get to see even one chick-pea in all of Prague.
Keep the comments coming, please. We love reading them! Tomorrow night it is on to Romania.
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4 comments:
Hello Lohe Family! Even though you are so tired we are so glad you muster up just enough energy to tell us about your experiences. We bet you are looking forward to arriving in Romania and breaking out (and even free from some of) those puppets! Looking forward to your next post. God Bless! The Brown Family.
So if chocolate chick-peas with cherries REALLY means chocolate gingerbread cake with cherries and whipped creme cheese, I'll have a mille fille, anytime! :-)
Smooth and safe travels to Romania, everyone! I'm looking forward to hearing about the reactions you get for bring such wonderful surprises. By the way, need I mention that I miss you all lots & lots?
It is so great hearing from you all and seeing the pictures. What an interesting trip so far! We miss you guys, but we' glad you are having these great experiences! Looking forward to future posts.
Karen and Lou
Hi Eric, Carol, Kristen and Greta! I sat down tonight to log onto your blog and have sooooo enjoyed reading your posts so far! We heard today at service that you arrived in Romania today safely! Thank You God! We send much love, support, prayers and inspiration to all of you (you'll probably need us to send some new walking shoes to you soon!)! Love you all - and will keep checking for more exciting adventure from across the continent! Tracie, Mike And Ryan Monson
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