tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post5906059710284339583..comments2024-01-29T10:16:00.995+00:00Comments on CALLED TO THE BAR : A pub is a pub is a pubAdrian Tierney-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-20458427911185827322011-11-18T07:30:53.841+00:002011-11-18T07:30:53.841+00:00Velky — perhaps it’s also that Czechs are not afra...Velky — perhaps it’s also that Czechs are not afraid of drinking beer at any time of the day. I have seen them downing pints at 9am and yesterday no one battered an eyelid when I went into a bar prior to going to the airport and asked for a large Budvar, meaning 500ml. I got a litre stein, which I had to drink in less than 10 minutes. Boy it was good, as finer an expression of the Saaz as I have had since the Zatec the other night.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-87937552066435334612011-11-17T11:08:05.178+00:002011-11-17T11:08:05.178+00:00One of the great things about Prague is that you c...One of the great things about Prague is that you could take out the reference to U Hrocha and replace it with any number of pubs in the city, Bruska, U Dvou Kocek, U slovanske lipy, Ferdinanda, Dobra Trafika. <br /><br />Perhaps one of the reasons why the Czech Republic is a beer lover's paradise (especially lager) is simply because the pub is at the heart of every day life?Velky Alhttp://www.fuggled.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-44048828230731189082011-11-17T10:54:59.634+00:002011-11-17T10:54:59.634+00:00Oh yes, Kafka was very much on my mind when I was ...Oh yes, Kafka was very much on my mind when I was there but this ios also the place where the Czechs finally found themselves free in 1989 — I also remember the band Josef K.Adrian Tierney-Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05421802854011395300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3076725205410370436.post-12986096608268745162011-11-17T09:48:43.510+00:002011-11-17T09:48:43.510+00:00The shadow of Josef K's oppressors?!The shadow of Josef K's oppressors?!Mark, Real-Ale-Reviews.comhttp://real-ale-reviews.comnoreply@blogger.com