Thursday, July 14, 2005
Prague - Day 3
A toilet cleaning lady yelled at me today. After finishing my number 1, I washed my hands and then proceeded to use the hand dryer to dry my hands. Then the rather large, stereotypical "old-world" Eastern European cleaning lady started yelling at me in Czech! I think she was pissed off that I didn't just walk out with wet hands and have them dry in the sun rather than use the hand dryer. Oh well.
On with my day...Do you ever spend a day doing absolutely nothing and wondering where the time went? That was yesterday. I found an amazing park just outside of the main tourist bit of Prague that overlooked the city. I packed a lunch and chilled at the park all day. It doesn't get much better than sandwiches, sun and writing postcards. Sweeet.
I went to Don Giovanni tonight. It was pretty good. I couldn't understand a word of it (as it was in Italian) but I knew the basic plot, so I could make sense of most what was going on. There are a couple things that bother me about "grown-up cultured shows": The constant clapping and the standing ovation. Clapping after anyone does ANYTHING, regardless of whether it is good or not is ridiculous! As far as the standing ovation goes, the hesitation to stand makes the whole ending of a performance awkward. I say, clap for 20 seconds, drop the curtain and end it. I sometimes consider leaving 2 minutes before the end of a performance just to skip out that whole ordeal.
On with my day...Do you ever spend a day doing absolutely nothing and wondering where the time went? That was yesterday. I found an amazing park just outside of the main tourist bit of Prague that overlooked the city. I packed a lunch and chilled at the park all day. It doesn't get much better than sandwiches, sun and writing postcards. Sweeet.
I went to Don Giovanni tonight. It was pretty good. I couldn't understand a word of it (as it was in Italian) but I knew the basic plot, so I could make sense of most what was going on. There are a couple things that bother me about "grown-up cultured shows": The constant clapping and the standing ovation. Clapping after anyone does ANYTHING, regardless of whether it is good or not is ridiculous! As far as the standing ovation goes, the hesitation to stand makes the whole ending of a performance awkward. I say, clap for 20 seconds, drop the curtain and end it. I sometimes consider leaving 2 minutes before the end of a performance just to skip out that whole ordeal.
// posted by Mr. Muir @ 5:30 p.m. 
