I wrote previously about this topic here and here.
LOVE
Czech Courtesies. Virtually everyone offers their seat on the tram to the elderly, or says “hello” and “goodbye” on an elevator. The receptionist in my building will loudly scold those who fail to greet her in the morning. Good for her.
The automatic replenishment of one’s beer without asking (this can also be hazardous to one’s sobriety).
Laissez faire. Want to enjoy a beer on the street? You won’t be arrested. There is a form of tolerance here for personal choices (indulgences?) that exceeds American standards by far. I remember the huge legal debate leading up to – gulp – sidewalk restaurant seating in Boston. And this is one of the most liberal cities in the U.S.
The attitudes of Expats. First, let me say that I have made friends with some really nice Czechs both at work and in private life. But the expats here have a consistent trait about them: they are very open to new friendships. I think being an expat creates great empathy for other expats, and with that comes approachability. When move back to the U.S., I will look at immigrants through a new lens.
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Retail banking. A prime example of the state of the service sector. Getting my wife a debit card linked to a joint account took 3 months, 4 visits to a retail banking branch and 6 hours’ worth of time. And this is from a bank owned by an Austrian parent company with presumed Germanic efficiency.
Lack of fresh green vegetables. This despite the proximity to the year-round Mediterranean growing zone. I long for selections of fresh lettuces, chards, herbs, spinaches, etc. Farmers’ markets soften the blow, but only for a couple months a year.
Dog poop. The city clearly ignored my protestations in this blog last year; the depositing of poop on pedestrian pathways continues unabated. Stepping in poop is inevitable. You only hope it’s on a rainy day where you can use a puddle to dissolve the crap from your shoe.
No great Chinese food. Please, please, please tell me I’m wrong. I’ll be darned if I can find any great restaurant reviews in the usual English-language places like Expats.cz or Czech Please.
Don MacLennan | High Tech Yankee 
No good Chinese restaurant that I know of. And no Japanese one either. No Thai, no Vietnamese (although strangely enough there are many Vietnamese in CR). If you find out about any great Asian place please share.
Re the lack of fresh green vegetables, are you talking about lack of veggies all year round? Because from what I notice people here still care about eating fresh stuff in the season (when they are ‘naturally’ growing), not all year round.
You can get amazing fresh green vegetables whole year in: Fruit de France (Belehradska 94, Prague 2) http://www.fdf.cz/ and in Kunraticka Stodola (K Libuši 1197, Prague 4) http://www.kunratickastodola.cz/
Great Vietnamese food is in trznice Sapa (south of Prague – Libus).
One more tip: the best way how to find good restaurant in Prague is through: http://grandrestaurant.cz/?lng=en
HTH 🙂
Prague sounds like the perfect place for me, who certainly don’t like chinese or japanese or vietnamese or any other ese food, and who are extremely afraid of any kind of vegetables….
Oh man don’t even mention banks here! Plus agree with all the rest you say. I found two of my faves Asian restaurants are Sasazu in Prague 7 and the Noi in Mala Strana, although I usually lean more towards Mediterranean food and fresh fish which is becoming more easily available in Prague.