Day 2

Greetings again!
Day 2 was relatively uneventful. The day started off pretty nicely with a wonderful (free) breakfast of cereal and orange juice. We even managed to get a good nights sleep (which can probably be difficult in a hostel).
Next it was off to the Museum of Communism. It was pretty fascinating stuff to say the least. The exhibits themselves were a little dry for my tastes (kind of boring actually) but it was good stuff.
Then it was time to find lunch. One of Dad's guidebooks directed us towards a pizza place near an Absinth Store. The sheer amount of liquor and beer stores were astonishing. Almost as astonishing as some of the glassware sold in other stores. Th pizza was decent, I though, and I had Pepsi in a bottle. A glass bottle. It was kind of weird, actually (the look, not the taste) especially since it had a Czech label.
Its also kind of hard to get around the language barrier. Czech resembles Russian more that it resembles German, so I'm unfamiliar with it.
There was a carnival in one of the parks, so we hung out there for a little while, taking the opportunity to rest our eyes.
We toured more of the town and examined some buildings before heading to a beer hall to sample the local dark beer. While we were there, an accordion player was serenading the patio. It was really cool.
After that we headed up to the Old Town Square to watch the clock chime the hour. The clock did some pretty cool things while it chimed (some figures whirled around inside, taking turns peering out the windows). We never managed to figure out how to read the bottom clock. I couldn't tell if it said the hour, or the day and the month. It definitely indicated astrological signs though.
Then it was time for dinner. This time it was a patio cafe in the Old Town Square's center. The food was so so, but we watched several people dressed in fake-bloodstained clothes with white stage make up on walk by. I'm not quite sure why they were dressed that way, probably for a show or something.
Now its back to the hostel for updating the Flickr site, posting some pictures and resting up for tomorrow.

Tomorrow's agenda: Visit Prague Castle and tour the New Town.