Sunday, February 05, 2006

Chinese tourists

Is it terrible of me that I find it hilarious to see the large groups of Chinese tourists walking around Prague? Not because they're Chinese, and not because they're tourists of course. It always just amuses me somehow to see the guaranteed one or two (normally in their 50s-60s) who are walking around wearing SARS-leftover masks in attempt to stay warm. :-) The SARS scare was a terrible thing to go through, blah blah blah... but it always just looks like there was a mass escape from a Chinese rest home or a retired doctors' convention!

Just wanted to share. :-P

2 comments:

Anna said...

They were probably Japanese, not Chinese

Erin Fitzgerald said...

Could be possible... Hard to say now, it was so long ago. Certainly Japanese are more known for face masks in general. This was soon after the SARS scare in China so at the time that wasn't an uncommon sight on the news. Either way... Certainly an unexpected sight on the Charles Bridge. :-)