re: #258 Dr Lizardo

In the Czech Republic, it’s not that radically different. It’s quite legal to drink in public here, and no one uses the brown bag approach either.

When I first came here back in 2001, it was during the summer, so it was warm. I thought, “I’ll get a cold beer” at the local convenience store. Took it up to the counter, paid my 12 Kč for it (about 62 cents for a half liter bottle) and was expecting the cashier to put it in a bag or something.

Instead, she opened it and said, “Nazdravi” - “To your health” - and out I walked with an open bottle of beer in my hand. No brown bag, nothing. I was thinking to myself, “Damn……I hope there’s no cops around” and of course, a beat cop turned the corner. He walked by me, doing nothing, so I thought I’d ask him. Most cops in Prague speak English, so I asked him if it was legal to walk down the street drinking a beer. “Of course!” he said. Then he figured out, “Ah….you must be from America”!

I thought you’re not allowed to drink beer.