In Search Of The Eurodog…

After another round of unimpressive Czech food yesterday (we tried a “Czech feast for two” at the restaurant across the street that the guy at reception recommended and it was a giant portion of various meat without much taste), we’ve officially decided to give up ordering “traditional” Czech dishes at restaurants since the Czech diet of massive quantities of meat and starch doesn’t suit us.  Instead, today we went looking for eurodogs, a type of hot dog which involves sticking a wiener inside a baguette that has a hole cut into it instead of a cut-open bun.  Unlike what we read on TripAdvisor, in the middle of October, eurodogs are not easy to find…

We had a rest and took a day off from sightseeing yesterday, so today we took the metro back to Powder Tower, one of Prague’s 13 originial city gates built in 1475.  We had ended our day in this area on Sunday and I wanted to go back to the nearby Municipal House to inquire about concert events since the Czech National Symphony Orchestra plays here.  Unfortunately Paul’s work schedule conflicted with the evening concert time so we weren’t able to hear them play.  In hindsight, we should have gone to see the National Symphony Orchestra on Saturday since they only play a few times a week and done the Don Giovanni Marionette show on Sunday since they play everyday, but hindsight is always 20/20

From here we followed our plan to walk to Wenceslas Square, named after Saint Wenceslas, patron saint of Bohemia (like me, you might know him from the Christmas carol Good King Wenceslas) and then continued to walk to the main square, Staroměstské náměstí (Old Town Square).  On TripAdvisor I had read that there are many hot dog vendors here, but we couldn’t find a single one as we walked around!  Since we now had our minds set on eating hot dogs, we continued walking for another 30 minutes until we got across Charles Bridge, a large pedestrian only bridge that connects Old Town to Prague Castle, but couldn’t find anywhere that sold hot dogs! 

When we got to the St. Nicholas Cathedral, we were ready to give up on our eurodog search when I spotted a small stand near the tram station that looked like it sold food.  We walked over and were happy to find that they sold hot dogs, but not the eurodog kind (oddly enough, they use hamburger buns for the hot dogs)!  At this point, it didn’t matter what type of bun it was, we just needed food so we grabbed two large hot dogs and happily ate them as we walked around to find the entrance to the cathedral. 

After almost 8 months in Europe, we’re rather bored with churches (although I still enjoy looking at some of the interiors), so when we found out it’s 89 Czech crowns (about $6 Canadian) to go inside, we both decided we’d rather have another hot dog!  I waited for someone to come out the exit to have a peek inside to see if it might be worth going into, and the rather snotty French lady coming out gave me a condescending look and pointed me at the entrance.  Busy-body know-it-all tourists like these, I must say, is one of my biggest pet peeves – it’s not like I’m trying to sneak into the church, I just want to see what it’s like inside so mind your own business!  If I want your help I’ll ask you!