Sprechen Sie anything-but-Czech?

Prague was a jolt to our lingustic systems as the Czech language doesn't share any grandparents with English. There were, however, some similarities.

* like English, Czech has many one letter words. For example: k, s, v, z.
* like Italian, every vowel in Czech must be pronounced. Therefore, in the following sentence, every vowel creates a new syllable: Strč prst skrz krk.

Luckily, we weren't the only ones struggling with the language. When Jenn was stopped on the street by a man asking directions, it was only after pausing to remember the Czech for "I don't speak Czech" that she realized he had asked: "Est-ce que vous savez trouver Florenc?" (Note: the French man in the Czech Republic was not asking for directions to a city in Italy; there is a subway stop by the same name)

Jenn, atop the Petřín Tower, where it was too windy for vowels: