Author: Elda Hamaker

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This intimate jewelry store has a small but tasteful selection of silver designs, and a friendly and helpful staff to gently prod you away from the “dolphin-leaping” earrings to something that your girlfriend (wife, assistant, concubine, whatever) might actually like. The prices are for those of us who wallow comfortably in the lower income brackets (Think writers unite!), and the selection offers something for every stage of the relationship from bracelet to ring (but if it’s the big one we’re talking, maybe try something more expensive. Sell some blood or something). Basically, they have good, affordable designs perfect for...

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Dessous-Dessus

Note: this is not a sex or fetish shop. If you’re looking to put a little stiff in Santa’s stocking, cruise by this tidy lingerie store near Namesti Republiky to pick something sweet and silky for your Christmas angel. They specialize in sexy, comfortable fashions for women, which your lady might just appreciate more than the peek-a-boo bra and crotchless panties you got her last year. Sexy and styley lace bras go for around 2,170Kc, and matching tanga panties for 1,770Kc, but hey, isn’t she worth it? Ok then, wouldn’t it be worth it to see her in them?...

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Czech Tradition Handicrafts

This place is perfect for buying gifts for relatives who want something essentially, perhaps stereotypically, Czech. If any of your relatives persist in the belief that the Czech Republic is a quaint provincial country, which I guess isn’t that far off the mark, try buying them some of the homespun ceramics or wooden kitchen utensils from as low as 80Kc (less than a McMeal) to 310Kc. Also, if just aren’t too sure about your child’s plaintive request for the latest Johnny-Death-Killbot action figure, there is a wide selection of wooden toys to choose from: yo-yo’s 43Kc, mice 66Kc, painted...

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Town to Town ride sharing agency

Wanna get away from it all? Afraid it will cost you an arm and a leg to check out more of Europe in between teaching jobs? Or would you like to ride across Europa in the passenger seat of a BMW, while watching the train in your rear view mirror? And what would you say if I told you it would all be half the price of that train ticket? Well it is. Try Town to Town ride sharing agency. It’s a common practice in Germany. France and Holland for drivers to fill their cars with passengers needing rides...

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