Kafka Museum Fun Fountain Which Turns and Urinates

Problems
1 Surely I should start with a blog post about Franz Kafka.
2 Is this too rude for readers?

Answers
Before you enter the Kafka Museum, you are bound to stop and stare at the fountain in the centre of the courtyard. Two figures of males. See for yourself. Oddly, it does not look as rude as the famous Belgian Mannequin Pis. The Franz Kafka story is rather sad. This fountain is a jolly distraction.

Story
Franz Kafka was not short of family, friends, girlfriends and amusement. As a child he had a cook to take him to school. Photos show his friends. One of his girlfriends was with him at the sanatorium where he died of TB, although he never married her.

He seems to have been in poor health most of his life. I wonder whether the depression was a side effect of that.

He worked in a department dealing with industrial accidents. Enough to make anybody depressed. the documents displayed include his comments on how he wanted to leave work and get on with his writing. Plus requests for sick leave.

Tip
The museum takes you anything from half an hour to an hour and a half depending on whether you sit around watching the rather dull videos, all pictures with no commentary, and every caption.

Allow another five minutes to 30 minutes in the museums which has books on Kafka and related subjects such as Jewish History and the Golem (a Jewish story about a creature which is supposed to help but after it comes to life ends up getting out of control and turning against its creator - like Frankenstein).

The museum also offers 50% off tickets to the much jollier Mucha museum about the romantic artist. reminded me of Aubrey Beardsley and art nouveau. Some pretty jewellery on sales in the Kafka Museum Shop and the Mucha shop I presume.

I was very pleased with the restaurant at the entrance. (See next post.)

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