Adventures in the Czech Republic

As you walk up Resslova from Karlovo Namesti in Prague you pass on your left the Orthodox church of St Cyril and Methodius. Over a seale...

One memory of this summer will be the visit I made with two ladies from the Textile Society of Great Britain to the Museum of Bobbin Lace...

Spilberk castle, Brno I am a great fan of the Czech Republic's second city. Indeed at times I think I prefer it to Prague. The tw...

Last year I took a friend and some Australian artists to Brno. Sometimes when you organise a visit serendipity takes a hand and things ...

Unlike the rest of Prague's Jewish quarter number 1 Hastalska survived the demolition and the redevelopment of the 19th century. ...

Kutna Hora was quite literally built on silver, the hill on which the old town stands is riddled with mine shafts and galleries, where m...

Easter in the Czech Republic is one of the most important events in the year. I have blogged before about the custom of painting easter egg...

The Jan Zizka Birthplace Museum at Trocnov is a very Czech affair. The Hussite leader Jan Zizka was quite simply a military genius. W...

As I think I said a while back my husband and I have had fun behaving like tourists. As any one who, like us, is doing up a house will tell ...