I must remember I am not in Karachi...

I am typing this sat in Coffee Heaven in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic. Now my brain knows I am not in the UK, and so I keep thinking that I must be in Karachi. This has two problems, one is that I have answer questions a number of times in Urdu, though this only usually, Ji (yes) or shukrea (thank you), so not a major problem.

The second problem is the bigger one, as it involves currency. The general rule with the Rupee is to divide by 100, so RS500/- is roughly £5. However, to convert Czech Crowns to Sterling requires you to multiply by 4 and then divide by 100, hence 500 Crowns is roughly £20!

Prague is lovely and warm and dry, which is an improvement on Lancaster last week! I was in Lancaster fo rmy second Scripture Union holiday of the summer, THe Great Adventure (TGA) where I am chief caterer. This is my fourth year on TGA and it is great fun. It is very different to SUbmerge as I have a complete different role, but enjoyable just the same. I have to confess that I find providing 60 meals 3 times a day far less stressful than running the programme at SUbmerge. This year my food was so popular that I was awarded a pair of oven gloves signed by all the guests on the last night, which was very kind of them.

Andrew and I are enjoying Prague, we were slightly delayed on our way here, but it didn't cause any real problems for us. On MOnday, we had a wander around the city, including a rathere large detour, on our way to Wenceslas Square, which is a little worrying as he has an AS level in Geography and I teach it!!

For there we continued our wanderings punctuated with stops in various tearooms and bars and with a swim in the hotel pool and a laze in the Jacuzzi.

Today has been more energetic with a 6 hour walking tour around the city, seeing all the highlights of Prague. This also included a trip on the river and luch so we weren't on our feet
for the whole six hours. We have also had another swim in the hotel pool and are now availing ourselves of the free wifi in Coffee Heaven.

Tomorrow, the plan is to go to the open air swimming pool and mix swimming with some sun bathing and reading. Thursday, we have booked tickets to hear the Czech Royal Orchestra, with a programme of Pachabel, Mozart and Vivaldi. We are here until Sunday, so there will be more news to follow...