Prague again

I love this city. I have realized that. There has to be a reason for visiting Prague twice in three months (another wonderful plan from the Almighty). I was not really fascinated as I was the last time but then I visited Prague Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral. More then being fascinated again I felt like a looser for not visiting it the last time.

Prague is a great place to visit. It has been a bit cold but not as much as people told me. Interesting stuff during this visit:

- Palladium Mall: With 200 shops this is a pretty big mall, but then living in Dubai this is not something worth talking about. What is worth talking about is that it was toooo expensive. I mean a pair of Puma shoes for $150. No way.

- I can hear great music through my hotel window as a band plays across the street in a bar.

- During a break I asked a waitress if the sandwhiches had any sort of FAFM (forbidden animal for muslims) in them. She said something in czech and walked away. I did not eat the sandwhiches. As she spoke to her colleague I felt that she felt embarassed for not understanding what I said. I was also embarassed - not because I did not understand what she said but because my question put her in an unpleasant situation.

- Our team name was Segailona (or something similar) which means masturbation in Italian. There was another team with an italian name translated in English as asshole.

- This time I got high on Sprite which was quite boring compared to Apple flavored fanta.

- Goulash soup was amazing.

- The waiter at one of the restaurant had to take the food back twice because it had some kind of FAFM in it.

- After getting bored of watching and not understanding a word of french television, I switched to two of the greatest channels in the world - CNN and BBC. In my life I have never watched either of them as much as I have in three days. The question was: "What is happening with the economy".

- Friday prayer was interesting. I reached the mosque at 12:00 expecting that the prayer would start at 12:30. There were only 3 people in the mosque (the mosque could hold about 80 people). I figured that there are not too many muslims in Prague. After performing ablution I asked one of the guys about the time for Juma prayer. He said 13:30. For the first time in my life I reached the mosque and hour and a half early for a prayer. As I waited for the Azan I realized that the mosque had filled up with a lot of people. As the jamaat started, there were two rows created within one. There was no place for Rukoo let alone sujood. I realized that there would have been at least 140 people in the mosque.