{"id":5870,"date":"2025-05-31T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=5870"},"modified":"2025-07-08T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T07:40:03","slug":"prague-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/?p=5870","title":{"rendered":"Prague Day 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Saturday. And the 31st. Therefore, the last Saturday of the month.<\/p>\n<p>And there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpsmycity.com\/attractions\/namesti-miru-(flea-market)-56088.html\">a large flea market on the last Saturday of the month<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5971\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531085913-W-20250531_085913r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was Namesti Miru at 08:59 on Saturday 2025-05-31. Flea market, remarkably absent.<\/p>\n<p>So we trammed down into Old Town and browsed some more souvenirs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5972\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531091514-T-IMG_5688r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5973\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531093010-W-IMG_5902r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5974\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531093136-W-IMG_5903rcr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1216\" \/><\/p>\n<p>David Cerny&#8217;s Spitfire Butterflies (May 2024) and Hanging Man (1997). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viewfromprague.com\/david-cerny-sculptures-tour\/\">Read more about his many artworks in Prague<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5975\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531101431-W-20250531_101431r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tanya wanted to have a drink next to the river so that&#8217;s where we went.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5976\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531101515-W-20250531_101515r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"949\" \/><\/p>\n<p>No, I did not have a R280 flat white (if you compare the price of the flat white to say the Americano or the Latte it&#8217;s clear there&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g274707-d10595119-Reviews-Pilir_Restaurant-Prague_Bohemia.html\">tourist targetting going on<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5978\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531102126-T-20250531_102125r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I had a beer. Of course I had a beer. It was after 10 already! And it was only CzK200 (R160) a litre! Bargain!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/250531102545-T-20250531_102544r.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tanya had a R150 lemonade. And we shared a nice toastie.<\/p>\n<p>And then we went to the zoo. Excellent zoo. I might blog about that separately sometime. Getting there was a pain, they&#8217;re working on the lines so the tram that&#8217;s supposed to work didn&#8217;t (it&#8217;s all documented, in Czech&#8230;) Taking the Metro would have been better.<\/p>\n<p>Anywayz. My notes read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Bus to zoo. Excellent. Feet are fscked. Bus back. Metro home. Stopped at Tesco for wine. And beer. And spread. Now home, fscked. Done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5981\" src=\"http:\/\/www.retro.co.za\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/StepsFriSat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Friday, Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Saturday. And the 31st. Therefore, the last Saturday of the month. And there&#8217;s a large flea market on the last Saturday of the month. This was Namesti Miru at 08:59 on Saturday 2025-05-31. Flea market, remarkably absent. So we trammed down into Old Town and browsed some more souvenirs. David Cerny&#8217;s Spitfire Butterflies (May 2024) and Hanging Man (1997). Read more about his many artworks in Prague. Tanya wanted to have a drink next to the river so that&#8217;s where we went. 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