blue duckling survives prague

[lennygoran]

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Hard to find and unknown to many people-a bit pricey but delicious food and a superb atmosphere-having a very nice czech red wind kept the cost down. Len

[jbuck919]

Hard to find and unknown to many people-a bit pricey but delicious food and a superb atmosphere-having a very nice czech red wind kept the cost down. Len

Do you know how long you had me going with "Czech red wind?" I was thinking some phrase I ought to know related to cheap prices left over from the Communist days. While you're there don't forget to enjoy a glass of very good Czech beet.

[lennygoran]

Czech beef-could you be more specific? Len carnivore

[Agnes Selby]

Have a good time, Lenny!!!

Regards.
Agnes.

[lennygoran]

Agnes thanks-so far it`s been wonderful! Len

[John F]

Glad you liked it. Prague has never been known for "fine dining," and may never be, but you can certainly enjoy a meal there.

[jbuck919]

Looks like Prague is everything it is cracked up to be as a beautiful city. As you know, it was the setting for the movie version of Amadeus. Recently I heard someone from there explain that the city is so well preserved because of Communist incompetence, meaning they just kept everything the way they found it even if it was falling apart.

[John F]

In the first place, Prague is so well preserved because the Allies didn't bomb it into rubble during WWII. Not a major hub of road or rail transportation, I guess. Paris survived intact because Hitler wanted it to; Prague had no such protection, except its lack of military significance.

[lennygoran]

Glad you liked it. Prague has never been known for "fine dining," and may never be, but you can certainly enjoy a meal there.

John we`re finding your description to be right on. Len

[jbuck919]

In the first place, Prague is so well preserved because the Allies didn't bomb it into rubble during WWII. Not a major hub of road or rail transportation, I guess. Paris survived intact because Hitler wanted it to; Prague had no such protection, except its lack of military significance.

Yes, John, I'm sure I should have started with that important preamble. However, as to the second half of your statement, it is self-evident that Hitler also wanted Berlin to survive intact, and look what happened. The situation with Paris is more complicated and in the end has more to do with flouting Hitler's wishes than following them.

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[John F]

In the first place, Prague is so well preserved because the Allies didn't bomb it into rubble during WWII. Not a major hub of road or rail transportation, I guess. Paris survived intact because Hitler wanted it to; Prague had no such protection, except its lack of military significance.

Yes, John, I'm sure I should have started with that important preamble. However, as to the second half of your statement, it is self-evident that Hitler also wanted Berlin to survive intact, and look what happened.

Need I say that the fate of Paris was in Hitler's hands, and he had it preserved so he could make his triumphal tour of the city, while the fate of Berlin was not? I guess I do need to say it. In 1944, a week before the German commandant in Paris surrendered the city, Hitler gave orders that the major buildings should be destroyed before Paris was recaptured, but by then he could no longer enforce his wishes and there wasn't time anyway.

[lennygoran]

Just today we visited the jewish quarter of prague-hitler wanted a museum of the jews after he had exterminated them all. Len

[lennygoran]

quote="John F"]Glad you liked it. Prague has never been known for "fine dining," and may never be, but you can certainly enjoy a meal there.[/quote]


And if things do get bad I can always fall back on these places in the old jewish quarter! Len

[jbuck919]

In the first place, Prague is so well preserved because the Allies didn't bomb it into rubble during WWII. Not a major hub of road or rail transportation, I guess. Paris survived intact because Hitler wanted it to; Prague had no such protection, except its lack of military significance.

Yes, John, I'm sure I should have started with that important preamble. However, as to the second half of your statement, it is self-evident that Hitler also wanted Berlin to survive intact, and look what happened.

Need I say that the fate of Paris was in Hitler's hands, and he had it preserved so he could make his triumphal tour of the city, while the fate of Berlin was not? I guess I do need to say it. In 1944, a week before the German commandant in Paris surrendered the city, Hitler gave orders that the major buildings should be destroyed before Paris was recaptured, but by then he could no longer enforce his wishes and there wasn't time anyway.

I'd just like to say that perhaps we were coming at this in a different way in terms of who was responsible for the destruction. Of course Hitler could have demolished Paris at the time of the takeover, but there was no point when it was all but handed to him on a silver platter. I'll grant you that he might have done it anyway out of pure spite but chose the triumphal alternative you describe. London and other English cities were of course another story, and not every Western European city just folded before undergoing Nazi bombardment, but most of the destruction of those cities was done by the allies in defeating Nazism. Paris and Prague still seem to me to be disparate cases of cities being spared, not that you really stated otherwise.

[lennygoran]

Yesterday another winning meal-one of the most beautiful restaurants we`ve ever been in-tops for art deco decor--obneci dum! Len



quote="jbuck919"]

Hard to find and unknown to many people-a bit pricey but delicious food and a superb atmosphere-having a very nice czech red wind kept the cost down. Len

Do you know how long you had me going with "Czech red wind?" I was thinking some phrase I ought to know related to cheap prices left over from the Communist days. While you're there don't forget to enjoy a glass of very good Czech beet.[/quote]

[John F]

In the first place, Prague is so well preserved because the Allies didn't bomb it into rubble during WWII. Not a major hub of road or rail transportation, I guess. Paris survived intact because Hitler wanted it to; Prague had no such protection, except its lack of military significance.

Yes, John, I'm sure I should have started with that important preamble. However, as to the second half of your statement, it is self-evident that Hitler also wanted Berlin to survive intact, and look what happened.

Need I say that the fate of Paris was in Hitler's hands, and he had it preserved so he could make his triumphal tour of the city, while the fate of Berlin was not? I guess I do need to say it. In 1944, a week before the German commandant in Paris surrendered the city, Hitler gave orders that the major buildings should be destroyed before Paris was recaptured, but by then he could no longer enforce his wishes and there wasn't time anyway.

I'd just like to say that perhaps we were coming at this in a different way in terms of who was responsible for the destruction. Of course Hitler could have demolished Paris at the time of the takeover, but there was no point when it was all but handed to him on a silver platter. I'll grant you that he might have done it anyway out of pure spite but chose the triumphal alternative you describe. London and other English cities were of course another story, and not every Western European city just folded before undergoing Nazi bombardment, but most of the destruction of those cities was done by the allies in defeating Nazism. Paris and Prague still seem to me to be disparate cases of cities being spared, not that you really stated otherwise.

I'm not speculating about what might have happened, I'm talking about what actually did happen. And Paris was indeed handed to Germany "on a silver platter"; "While the depleted French forces put up stiff initial resistance, German air superiority and armoured mobility overwhelmed the remaining French forces. German armour outflanked the Maginot Line and pushed deep into France with German forces arriving in an undefended Paris on 14 June." (Wikipedia)

[John F]

Yesterday another winning meal-one of the most beautiful restaurants we`ve ever been in-tops for art deco decor--obneci dum

That's the municipal building where Prague's main concert hall is located. Was your restaurant there too? Can you tell us its name?

[lennygoran]

Yesterday another winning meal-one of the most beautiful restaurants we`ve ever been in-tops for art deco decor--obneci dum

That's the municipal building where Prague's main concert hall is located. Was your restaurant there too? Can you tell us its name?

Yes first use of internet with tablet on a plane-we`re flying home from munich to newark-we`ve been flying 3 hours-5 to go!

Name of restaurant francouzska Len

[John F]

Thanks. I don't know if I'll ever go back to Prague, but if I do, especially if a attend a concert in the Smetana Hall, that sounds like a good option.

[lennygoran]

Thanks. I don't know if I'll ever go back to Prague, but if I do, especially if a attend a concert in the Smetana Hall, that sounds like a good option.

Smetana Hall-never heard of it but that's right where we were-we were exploring and marvelling at the building, the art deco including material from Mucha.
http://www.mucha.cz/

Here are some photos including a performance we didn't buy tickets for. Regards, Len