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We spent our remaining hours in Prague at the Museum of Communism. En route, we saw the cutest local puppy (some kind of wiener dog) who rolled over at my feet when I bid him "Ahoj" and gave him a pat on the belly. The owner informed me that the dog didn't understand English -- too bad I don't know any dog commands in Czech.
The Museum of Communism shared some fascinating history that we don't often hear about in depth in the U.S. We learned about the communist ideology which actually sounds pretty idealistic and Utopian on the surface but seems to require shows of force to maintain. We saw the impact on the environment, people doing without, and the propaganda used to keep citizens in line and hide the fact that capitalist economies were thriving during this time period while they were struggling. We saw a video on the Velvet Revolution when thousands of citizens lined Wenceslas Square to demand change in 1989. It was a peaceful end to the communist era.
We grabbed a wurst and sat along Wenceslas Square with our quick bite before heading to the train station. It felt a little like Starbucks. There were actually two identical wurst shacks immediately across the street from one another.
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