Adventures in the Czech Republic

The Vodnik is the Czech water spirit. Similar to the Germanic Nix the Vodnik lives in the water (usually ponds and rivers in Czech folklore)...

Many visitors to Cesky Krumlov Castle never make it into the Gardens. If they do they very seldom get beyond the formal gardens nearest the ...

Regular readers of my blog will know my views of the need for UNESCO to protect the important historic buildings of Cesky Krumlov against th...

As I was driving our Czech visitors to Tesco's I asked them what they thought of the Cotswolds. The response surprised me - the landscap...

I really must learn Czech - it is getting more important for me to do so. Okay I have tried, believe me I have. It is a very difficult langu...

In my post in February on Czech Carnival - Masopust I talked of our plans to bring a Czech masopust group to Oxford's Cowley Road Carni...

As you will have gathered from my earlier posts I have caught the Czech mushroom collecting bug. Although you can find early boletus in the ...