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Gee, you’re nostalgic for the old Czechoslovakia?

I was there in ‘72.

What a dead country. Go into a restaurant, search down the menu until you find something they have...invariably Gulash soup. Nothing else.

Place resembled a ‘50s TV show: all black and white. And gray. No color. People depressed.

Even more fun: Bolshevik hotels run by fat chick wearing stupid uniform. Made Motel 6 seem like a palace.

You want that back?

Hilarious.

Gee, you’re nostalgic for the old Czechoslovakia?
I was there in ‘72.

I was there in early August, 1968. We came in by train from Austria. As soon as we crossed the border, we realized we were no longer in the West. Czech trains were all pulled by steam locomotives, each of which had a big red star above the cow catcher.

I was with a student group and when we got to Prague, we were met by our minders, two pretty 20-something women who we figured were from the Czech version of the KGB. They never let us out of their sight. In the streets of Prague, demonstrations were going on--we figured they were in favor of the government of the reform-minded Alexander Dubček.

We ate at some of the better restaurants and the food was good, but the choices could be limited--"coffee, tea or milk--take your pick as long as it's coffee" (at the time, I was a tea-drinker)--and when you were served coffee, your cup was always filled with grounds, or "mud" as we called it.

Despite it being the capital of a Second World country, I came away thinking that Prague was the world's most beautiful city.

We left three weeks before the Russians invaded.

Gee, you’re nostalgic for the old Czechoslovakia? Yes I am, aren't you nostalgic for America '72?
You should be.
grey buildings, ha, Zero Mortgages, Huge Surplus as a Country, 5% personal loans, 80% exported production. Made in Czechoslovakia, Mint in south America, Population 800 Million.
Just a touch, Lived in DR, remember, your buddy Trujillo...
Freedom Lovers>
Spoke to the locals, loved our VZ58, The best guns they ever owned and defended their freedom with.

Just what they told me besides the gallons of Brugal we drunk together Thanks for democracy, u aholes: -;)