Adventures in the Czech Republic

 Czech Paradise ( Český ráj) is one of my favourite areas in the Czech Republic. Because I offer walking holidays there, I have the p...

Olomouc is surprisingly absent from most tourists' must-see list. But then I suppose so are many wonderful places in the Czech Repu...

Two weeks ago I met with Petr Husek, the organizer of the Festival which will commemorate the 600th anniversary of Jan Hus' death in Ju...

When I was young there was quite a fad about the graphics of Alfons Mucha. It was the 1970s and his posters were blu-tacked to the bed...

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...

Many of the vineyards in Moravia are small family affairs, the vineyards small, the wine-making a part-time activity at best. Alongside r...

Today I went again to the local primary school to talk to the children. I showed them a video of the Spitalfields Great Pancake Race a...