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(courtesy of Jan Sedláček’s amazing Prague Daily Photo: okay, so these three are Slovaks, but you get the idea)

Yeah, I’m in that kind of mood today, so get it while you can.

Here are 10 things I dig most about my beloved Czechs ("Meine Prager verstehen mich"/"My Praguers understand me"):

1) Czechs are humble and cute and nice and kind and delicious: When you encounter one of them in the early morning hours on the cobbles, you just want to reach out and give ‘em a big bear hug. They can be like little kiddies who don’t want to hurt a soul. Your heart just goes out to them in situations like these. I know mine does.

2) Waiting tables and working in cafes or restaurants is a life’s calling, not merely a job: As such, I rarely – if ever – have to repeat my coffee or food preferences at all of my usual foxholes (and there are several!), such is the level of ADM’s predictability. And I’m the sort of cat who likes that kind of routine. And I’m not talking about your run-of-the-mill starving artists or Plain Jane people looking to connect the dots between school and a “more secure” future. They’re almost permanent fixtures in the places I frequent, and I appreciate and take care of them in my own special way. They take their jobs seriously, which is a helluva lot more than I can say for the average Starbucks barista.

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