This is the blog of Mark Wordsworm, the travelling worm. I’m a 36-year-old bookmark (give or take a few years) and I proudly boast my own Hallmark serial number, 95 HBM 80-1. You’ll probably want to read all about me and my Travelling Companion (the TC).
Today’s travel notes
Prague is a city of patterns. In particular for a personage like your faithful worm, who spends much time significantly near the ground, the paving stones are a source of pleasure. Ornate doorways, stamped lamp posts, and patterned walls add to the local colour.
The punctuation mark of the day
It goes almost without saying, dear reader, that the Mark of the day is yours truly, Mark Wordsworm. However, we have room to discuss other marks too.
Good punctuation is a delight to the refined taste of a bookworm. Every now and then, this worm encounters an unusual piece that whets the appetite. Today’s mark is an inverted apostrophe:
The hotel that owns the above sign consistently uses the punctuation mark in the same way. It’s a defining mark of the brand:
One must wonder if the mark is a misplaced single quote or a genuinely unusual apostrophe. Perhaps no-one will ever know.
The book I’m in
Semiosis, by Sue Burke. Man meets plant on a planet far away, some time in the not-too-distant future. Your faithful bookworm highly recommends this book. It feeds the intellect and entertains the mind.
Recommended accommodation
Vienna House Andel’s Prague, Stroupežnického 21, 150 00 Praha 5-Smíchov. Elegance and comfort combined.
The photos
Me on a piece of paving in Prague:
Paving is a big part of the city. The stones are pleasing to the eye but a little tough on the feet. In the wee hours, early travellers dragging their roller-wheeled suitcases make an inordinate amount of noise.
A plethora of paving:
The stones, when upturned, are not as flat as you may expect:
The denizens of Prague delight in decorated doorways:
When doorways don’t suffice, people decorate entire buildings. The next picture shows me up against a Renaissance sgraffito panel on the facade of the Schwarzenberg Palace:
A multiplicity of patterns:
Even the lamp posts make their mark:
That’s all for today, folks.
Travelling Worm 
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