Riverfront

On Tuesday Lori & I spent the last part of a beautiful, sunny afternoon enjoying a few beers down at the river, directly below the National Theater.  It was nice to get out for awhile & appreciate our setting.
 From there we walked up to U Sudu, where neither of us had been for a very long time- from a tiny little wine bar it has really grown into something of a monster- we were a bit apprehensive.  As soon as we walked in, we ran into Olda, the owner, he recognized us immediately (couldn't believe we'd been back already two months & we haven't been by (Zdeněk hasn't been by!) & showed us out to the "garden".  (Lori: Is this new (To je nové?) Olda: Five years (pět let)).  Okay, so it's been awhile.  It's a large, lovely courtyard, full of candlelight.  When our initially abrupt waitress returned, she suddenly started speaking to us in English & told us that we were VIPs & she'd been "told all about us" & she heard that Zdeněk used to work up the street at the Ice Cream Store.  Yes, she wanted us to know, she used to go there as a child.
We had ourselves a little pitcher of Burčák (young wine).  All in all, a successful evening.