In Prague everything costs… everything. Watch your liquids and your fiber especially if you will be sightseeing all day or if you are on a limited budget. Secure a ‘bathroom budget.’ Using the toilet will cost.
Plan to pay anywhere from 5 czk to 20 czk (about 28 cents to $1.11). Thank goodness they don’t charge by the minute or one could really go broke. Because when you gotta go, you gotta pay! That applies to restaurants, churches, etc.
While having breakfast in our hotel, I had to go. Since we were eating, it was free. Instead of leaving my friend and going to my room, I asked to decided to use the hotel’s restroom. I was directed down down a winding staircase to a ladies room located by the Spa.
I entered the room, went in the stall and sat down to do my business.
Now I don’t dilly-dally. Even my husband has commented about how fast I am. I go, wash my hands and leave. But in Prague it is not so fast.
Where were you when the lights went out? I was in the bathroom in our hotel’s restroom in Prague. So now I am sitting in the bathroom stall in the dark trying to remember the way out and cursing under my breath.
After my eyes adjusted, I decided to feel my way out. I got up from the you-know-what, which apparently triggered the light sensor and my problem was solved. I flushed, washed and hurried out of there.
So if your stomach rumbles, you can go into an upscale hotel but beware of light sensors.
Or go to a cafe and order a drink albeit coffee, bottled water or beer. You can stay all day if you need, and can use the toilet as often as you’d like.
As ludicrous as it sounds, as long as you are spending money, no one cares how long you sit. And if you are with someone else, only one of you needs to order something.
Prague is not America, land of the Pee for Free.