IKEA

So continuing with my Swedish theme...we have IKEA here in Brno. For those of you that don't know, IKEA is the Swedish furniture & accessories store. You'll find lots of modern stuff and everything is do-it-yourself. It's fun to go there but it is always crowded and I normally spend way too much money there.

It is located just outside of Brno at the Avion Shopping Park. There are free shuttle busses that run from Úzká, in front of Galerie Vaňkovka, to Avion every day and the shuttle bus only takes about 10 - 15 minutes to get there. They are convenient...but not when you want to buy large items.

One of the best things about IKEA is that it is the only place in Brno where you can get, what I consider to be, a normal hot dog.

Czech hot dogs, párek v rohliku, are just different. In Czech Republic (and Slovakia) they basically steam open a roll, squirt ketchup or mustard down inside of the roll and stick the hot dog down inside.

Claudia & I went to IKEA on Sunday to pick up a few more things for Thanksgiving. And I had no problem at all going in to the store with a bottle of pickle relish, that Mom had sent me, in my backpack. I know that some of the people there must have thought we were crazy. But who cares? Because we sure had the best hot dogs for 10 Kč (~60¢) each.