Adventures in the Czech Republic

I keep writing about diamonds in the snow in the Czech Republic and my British friends and family nod and say "Yes, how lovely". B...

All this talk about the wonder and beauty of snow is all very well (see my previous post) but there are downsides. The first of these is the...

Czech winter means snow and frost. And one of the most wonderful of its shows is when a freezing fog settles on our little valley and turns ...

Every time I leave this place it puts on its best show and charms me all over again. Today I walked down to catch the bus into Cesky Krumlov...

I've been spending my last few days ensuring we are ready for the Czech winter. It gave the north of the country quite a shock in Octobe...

I was enjoying a cup of tea with my friend Salamander on Tuesday when there was a thump as a large lump of snow slid off her roof and fell ...

As I mentioned in my fox post a few weeks ago I recently enjoyed a visit to the Zoo Ohrada at Hluboka Nad Vltavou. The Zoo is one of the old...

I am back in the Czech Republic having let some friends stay in our Czech home for what should have been a couple of weeks. Unfortunately af...

Yesterday we walked to Horice Na Sumave to catch the bus into Cesky Krumlov. Although there was snow on the ground the sun was bright and wa...

It is nearly Easter and it is snowing. Over the last few days the snow has fallen at night only to melt during the day, but yesterday the s...

I still have not got used to the level of heating in Czech homes and shops. You would have thought the Czechs would be less aware of the col...

I adore the Czechs' bright winter sunshine – this time of year the light can be quite golden, playing off the grass deadened and yellowe...

Well, it has arrived - Winter and with it heavy snow. They are saying such a large amount of snow so early hasn't happened in living m...

My husband was still asleep when I awoke early yesterday. The sun was already beginning to pour round the curtain into our room and it was o...

Right now Cesky Krumlov is covered with snow. There is nothing weird about that - in this part of the Czech Republic the winter snow usually...