This picture is from the other direction. See the guys in the green vests. Those are Czech police. Every car that comes up the street gets checked for bombs. The car stops. Opens the trunk and hood. And then gets an undercarridge mirror check.
So we walked up and down this street many times and finally thought, why not visit our embassy? So we walk up to one of the gaurds outside the door.
Us - Can we go in?
Gaurd1 - Why, what's wrong?
Us - Nothings wrong, we just want to go in and check out the embassy.
G1 - Do you need something? Is something wrong?
Us - Noooo, we just want to look around.
We reluctantly get let in and find ourselves in a secure area with a metal detector like the airport. There's a gaurd in glassed in area we're told to talk to.
Gaurd2 - What do you want?
Us - We just wanted to come in and see the embassy.
G2 - We don't do things like that.
Us - No free stuff for Americans, maps, tour info, nothing like that?
G2 - Nope.
Us - So we can't get a quick tour?
G2 - Let me check. (he goes to a phone to call somebody)
There's a gaurd (G3) running the metal detector. She's checking people in while we're standing there. She has a break in people coming in.
Me - Are you from the Czech Republic?
G3 - Yes. (turns away, end of conversation)
G2 - (he's back) Sorry, there's nobody available to escort you to anywhere in the building.
Me to Claudia - Let's get out of here before we get arrested.
This is also why there's no pictures from in front of the embassy. To many guys with guns.
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Back to being tourists.
You can take tours in some of these old cars.
Can you spot the American Icon in this picture?
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5 comments:
glad you didn't get arrested.
Linda said the same thing happened to her in the embassy in Brussels.
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