Tuesday, 2 Jun 2015 | Views [410]
WORLD HERITAGE SITES MAKE GREAT TARGETS for road trips, even if the sites themselves are sometimes disappointing. It’s the journey, after all, not the destination, that counts. Searching them out is a wonderful way to discover the ... Read more >
Wednesday, 27 May 2015 | Views [338]
THE CLEARING SKIES PREDICTED FOR TODAY never materialized and it was cold and drizzling when we parked in the town square. During the Middle Ages, Telc was one of the planned settlements amid the virgin forests established to insure political ... Read more >
Monday, 25 May 2015 | Views [344]
“CESKY KRUMLOV,” THE WAITER REPLIED when I asked where he would take his girlfriend for a weekend getaway. The summer floods of 2002 had put an end to the Prague tourist season and so he had time to sit with us and chat — we ... Read more >
Sunday, 24 May 2015 | Views [335]
WHEN EASTERN EUROPE WAS A NEW AND EXOTIC destination for Americans, a trip to the Czech Republic meant a visit to Prague and maybe a day trip to Cesky Krumlov. That’s what we did back in 2002.
Today we are older, more experienced and, ... Read more >
Saturday, 23 May 2015 | Photo Gallery
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Saturday, 23 May 2015 | Views [322]
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT PRAGUE. Maybe it is the Danube. Perhaps it is the fact that Prague escaped WW II unscathed. Or maybe it is the pride shown by the Czechs in giving the old girl a face-lift after four decades of Communist ... Read more >
