Adventures in the Czech Republic

I devoted several posts last year to Cesky Krumlov's annual jolly The Celebrations of the Five-Petaled Rose, but this year it will have ...

Paul Whitaker is a keen sportsman, but (he says) by no means an elite athlete. Nevertheless, in October 2009 he set himself the daunting cha...

For the first week of my return to the Czech Republic it hardly stopped raining (or it felt like it anyway). Now at last the sun is shining...

I apologise for the short pause between postings, but I have been driving back to the Czech Republic after my few weeks in England. I arri...

In the shops of South Bohemia you can buy jewellery made from the local gem moldavite. This bottle-green substance is to be found in a limit...

My Czech friend keeps urging me to grow vegetables. I always resist. For one thing it sounds like hard work, and then my regular trips to th...

One of my Czech friends is currently staying with us in England. It is fascinating to see my homeland through her eyes. Amongst other things...