Adventures in the Czech Republic

Wellingtons from the RAF 311 (Czechoslovak) squadron. Having just passed through the security check for my flight from Prague, I sat d...

It is almost two years now since the death of my friend, Hannah Kodicek. As regular readers of this blog will know Hannah was the reason I f...

My posts about the history of this part of the Czech Republic don't usually look at the more recent past, but there is plenty of it aro...

I came across the old car mouldering in a timber yard on the edge of Horni Plana. It looked so neglected, so forlorn and yet you could see t...

The many tourists that throng the Town Square in Cesky Krumlov often ignore the large column set to one side and surrounded by statues. They...

I finally decided to have a housewarming party. It's two years since we bought the house. I know, but it has hardly been in a fit state ...

As is the case for most people my first impressions of the Czech Republic were of Prague. Well, actually no, my first impressions were from ...