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The latest notebook update, this one coming at around 2 p.m. Monday on the train from Prague to Berlin:

My first Absinthe experience may prove to be my last. After promising to try one shot before I left, I ended up ordering three more as a night designed to be quiet became quite the party.
The fun part about Absinthe -- a very potent liquor, which is colored green and illegel in the U.S. and most of Europe save Prague -- is how the shot is taken. You get a spoonful of sugar, which is lit on fire after a drop of Absinthe is added. Once the flame burns out, you stir the melted sugar into your shot to help take off the edge. I'm reminded of how much fun we had when looking at pictures of my friend and I with the two bartenders.
Earlier Sunday night I finally experienced how cheap Prague is. I got a full dinner with drink and an appetizer for the equivalent of less than $10 U.S. Prague's costs proved to be a nice oasis.
Although we still have about four travel hours remaining, I am filled with excitement over visiting Berlin. It should be the World Cup center and from talking to other travelers who have already been, it's a scene. We'll end up having two nights there instead of one after booking the extra night once we discovered a missing hotel day in our travel plans.
I imagine Berlin will feel much different from our previous stops in Germany, when we were in more industrial city. Seeing the remnants of the Berlin Wall should be interesting and I'm sure there are plenty of other attractions worth visiting.
But to experience it all in less than 48 hours a nap on this train ride is certainly in order. Until next time.