Czech Salary

After I wrote about Subway price, I was wondering whether what I heard was correct or not, so I did some searches and found this site:

If this is correct, I really have to say that Subway is priced too high!

First Subway

In a big mall called Olympia, which is about 10 mins ride by car from Brno center, we found Subway!! I used to eat Subway quite a bit for lunch, and I missed their Roasted Chicken Breast sandwitch.

We got exactly the same sandwitch as we did in LA except that the bread was much sweeter for my taste. And another thing I noticed about these American chain stores is that the prices are pretty high compared to the regular Czech restaurants. I have been going to lunch here in Brno, and typically lunches cost somewhere between $3 and $5. If you pay $5, it is usually paired with a cup of soup even. But, Subway seemed to be priced higher compared to these lunches. For instance, we got a foot long sandwitch and made it into a meal like we always did in the States. The price for that was approx 140Kc, which is about $7. That's normal for the US, but given the fact that the median annual $10K up to whatever, I have to say $7 is a bit aggressive for a foot long sandwitch. I suppose Subway turned into a luxurious sandwitch place here in Brno :)

Anyway, it is good to know that I can get Subway if I wanted to.

Scene from my office window

I got a couple of consulting works here in Brno recently and have been spending quite a lot of time in my office. The scene from the office changes throughout the day, but all of them are just so comforting to me. Something about the way streets are formed and the way tram runs through the street, etc. My favorite is around 5pm when the sun starts to sink and cast a great deal of reddish shadow in the sky. Lights in the windows, smoke from chimneys... They are all beautiful. It just give me a very warm feeling.