This item, discovered in the vaults of the theatre, still in working order!

[squeakywheel]

Jirka's dad is a curator in Prague's Museum of Decorative Arts, and he's responsible for a room filled with clocks and music boxes. When Caroline's mom was here last month, he let us into the museum for free and gave us a tour, including the storage room where their extensive collection of clocks not currently on display is kept and a garden that

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[wickedeyes]

OMG what an awesome clock. I want it!!

[squeakywheel]

And I seriously want one of the music boxes. Think they'd sell it to me for fifty bucks?

[squeakywheel]

Ha! That's exactly what I captioned that photo on Flickr. :D

[siouxsienova]

That monkey looks like Hannibal Lecter.

[squeakywheel]

It's a good thing they've got him locked away in that case or else he might try to eat other mechanically animated monkeys.

[princerudy]

What a cool monkey!! That sounds like a really neat experience, Kate. :)

[squeakywheel]

Yeah...I haven't really bought any souvenirs here, and I still covet that monkey. I wonder if they'll cut me a deal... :)

[katbemused]

That's awesome! I can see why that would be one of your favorite experiences in Prague!

[squeakywheel]

Yeah, maybe if I spent more time in museums and less in pubs, I'd have more cool experiences like that. :P