Indeed! You almost have to sell your first-born to afford it, and a side order of smiles with it would have made the transaction a little less painful. Ooverpaying for certain things is part and parcel of being a tourist. You know that certain things are way overpriced, and you factor it in. I have to confess that I walked past the stalls and left empty-handed a few times precisely because I found it hard to spend that much of my hear-earned money, but in the end I knew that I would have regretted if I had left Prague without tasting its ham (and it was goooooood). You are 100% right though, caveat emptor!
Indeed! You almost have to sell your first-born to afford it, and a side order of smiles with it would have made the transaction a little less painful. Ooverpaying for certain things is part and parcel of being a tourist. You know that certain things are way overpriced, and you factor it in. I have to confess that I walked past the stalls and left empty-handed a few times precisely because I found it hard to spend that much of my hear-earned money, but in the end I knew that I would have regretted if I had left Prague without tasting its ham (and it was goooooood). You are 100% right though, caveat emptor!