Adventures in the Czech Republic

In my last post I wrote of the frustrating invasion of the ubiquitous pop and rock concert into the New Year's celebrations at Cesky Kru...

It is New Year's Eve and I am in England. We are planning no great celebrations - maybe a glass of wine at midnight, maybe not. Maybe we...

In the moat of the castle at Cesky Krumlov there live four bears. Bears have been kept at the castle since 1707 and they are as popular as ...

In town squares all over the Czech Republic there are large tanks full of carp. Carp or capr as they are called in the Czech Republic are th...

In shops all over the Czech Republic now you can buy chocolate devils, angels and St Nicholas ready for the Christmas celebrations. On...

Our son is at Westminster University studying film production. He is a very talented scriptwriter and has just emailed us to say that he has...

In a country which can get as cold in the winter as the Czech Republic, buildings are designed around the need to keep warm at that time of ...