Adventures in the Czech Republic

Okay, I know it's a rubbish photo, but given how secretive the fire salamander is I was delighted to see it and manage to fire off...

  Mikulov is one of my favourite Czech places. In some ways it is like Cesky Krumlov, but without the tourists and with wine. It is in t...

As I said in a previous post trams are my preferred form of public transport in Prague. The metro is very limited and doesn't have ...

Kroměříž is a small Moravian city half way between Brno and Olomouc and it is renowned for its Baroque architecture, so renowned that...

Prague has three metro lines - A (green), B (yellow) and C (red). The lines cross at only three stations ( Můstek , Muzeum and Florenc), ...

I spoke a few weeks about how lovely walking on the Palava Hills can be, especially when the Spring flowers were out. And now here is a...

My talented neighbout, Jitka, also makes classic marionettes. I have spoken before about how puppets and puppetry are an important part o...