Adventures in the Czech Republic

I have just finished reading The Other City by Michal Ajvaz. In this strange and lovely hymn to Prague, Michal Ajvaz repopulates th...

On a hot day there is nothing better than to order a carafe of domaci limonade and sit at a terrace table under a parasol. This is not l...

I have been meaning to blog about walking the oldest nature trail in the Czech Republic for some time now. I actually walked the tr...

The Czechs have two bank holidays back to back in early July (5th and 6th), which always catch me out.I roll up to a shop or bank only to...

Before we had even bought our Czech home, we attended a performance of the Passion Play at the small town of Horice Na Sumave. This yea...

At last I have made it back to the Czech Republic! The last 18 months have been, as the Queen would say, an “annus horribilis”. First t...

Over the last seven days Masopust (Carnival) celebrations have been taking place across the Czech Republic. An important element of Czec...