Dobra Trafika!

Cafe room of Dobra It’s annoying that I found my favorite place in Prague a month before I’m leaving. Around the corner of my dorm, there is a tiny unnoticeable sign outside of a shop that sells what looks like to be useless trinkets. The sign reads “Dobra Trafika”. Intrigued for some reason, I decided to walk inside. There I found teas, magazines, cigars and other things you would find in a convenient store (minus the tea), but what struck me was the interior. Everything seems so deliberately placed. The walls are dark read, the teas are held in little glass cases and in the back there is a cozy space where nice (which is unusual) waiters greet you with a menu. The room is small, about 5 tables and a couch. But it is the perfect place to go to chat, play board games, or do work. The menu is the best part, especially if you are a tea or coffee aficionado. There are over one hundred coffees and teas from around the world. I’ve now tried pretty much all of the green teas and my favorite is ‘vanilka sencha’ or vanilla green tea. Usually I’m one to douse my tea in honey and sugar but this tea is extroadinary and doesn’t require it. And for 44 crowns (2.20USD), I get it a lot. They also have this breakfast plate that is a thin layer of him followed by a thin layer of cheese (almost carpaccio thin by the way) and then topped with two fried eggs. And that’s 47 crowns (2.35USD). One night, I went to Dobra with a few friends. It was four of us sitting at the table with the couch and at another table were three Czechs, two young and one elder woman. They were drunk, got up and started dancing. Suddenly, the young girl came over to our table and asked my friend, Mark is he would waltz with her. Mark agreed and we laughed as we soberly watched Mark and this drunk girl dance to music that wasn’t there. Sometimes Dobra is live and at other moments it is empty. Either way, the atmosphere is so homey (I’m aware that word is overused but I cannot seem to think of a better one) that it’s difficult to deal with the 11:00P.M. closing time.