Read Your Indulgence

To look at them, you would think that somewhere along the line, all the Eastern Europeans held a meeting, put their heads together, and made their alphabets as bewildering as possible (“Who needs vowels?” asked the Poles; “Who needs consonants?” asked the Romanians, “Let’s use as many accent marks as possible!” demanded the Hungarians). All I am saying is that when you find yourself in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, for its wildly colorful...