Feeling Better Now

Drinking in Prague is cheap if you avoid the overly touristy places. The club we went to on Friday night for example was serving "pints"* for around 70p. It tastes pretty good as well and doesn't seem to create the headaches I get if I've had more than 3 pints of Stella. I even tried the dark larger which was nice although a little heavy for

a long session.

Our guide seemed to quite suppressed that we don't routinely arm our police or in fact allow people to carry guns around with them. Having said that aside from a lot of pick-pocketing and such like they have relatively few murders every year.

We went to a gun club on Saturday to shoot. We had a very quick safety tutorial which boiled down to always aim down the range before we got to play with the live ammo. We shot a pistol (I think it was a Glok) which was easier than I thought it would be. A .22 rifle which was just like old times (when I was in the ATC) and finally a pump action

shotgun which had a hell of a kick. I was tied with Mark after the first two but then dropped a load of shots with the shotgun. I had a shootout (single shot, no practice shot) with a Magnum for the 2nd/3rd place tie. Unfortunately I was expecting more kickback than it actually had so I was holding on too tight and dropped the shot and ended up in

3rd place. However I did beat Lee so which is all that matters ;-)

I really liked it. The city is a typical European one complete with Tesco and Marks and Spencers. However it has plenty of old architecture including a stunning cathedral on the top of the hill. I took loads of photos which I shall put up in the next few days. About the only downside is the pick-pockets. There was one attempt on our group although I had clocked them scoping out Stuart so I saw them

attempt the pull.