Praguelodytes. (Americans living in Prague, Czechoslovakia) From: National Review | Date: October 19, 1992| Author: Troy, Tevi | COPYRIGHT 1992 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

There are approximately 20,000 Americans currently living in Prague, a combination of visitors, businessmen and those who have sought out the city as a refuge from career ambitions. Many of the latter teach English and try, not too successfully, to blend in with local residents.

SEATED in a Prague care, next door to the erstwhile home of Radio Stalin, sat Nicho, the quintessential American in Prague. Nursing a coffee and ordering kaj (tea, pronounced chai) for me, he said, "So wh...

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