Czech Republic – Part I – Brno: Prague and the Czech Republic has, for a very long time, been on my travel wishlist. There have been periods when I’ve waivered – perhaps due to stories of out of control stag parties and hen weekends in the papers which made Prague seem like a chillier Ibiza […]
The Corinthia Hotel Prague
The Corinthia Hotel Prague and Vyšehrad: I’m something of a latecomer to the Czech Republic and Prague – I visited both for the first time a year ago and have been back three times since. It’s a love of history and of places that look as if they might just have escaped the pages of one […]
Prague – A Short Break to a City with a Long History
Short Break in Prague: My first brief encounter with Prague just gave me an appetite to explore more of the City so I was more than happy to have the chance to spend another night there. Travelling to Prague from within the Czech Republic deserves a special mention. We’d been visiting Pardubice and our itinerary had […]
The Horses of Pardubice East Bohemia
A Tale of Two Horses in Pardubice: While City of Pardubice heraldry depicts a loyal horse from an ancient tale, equine life in the City today offers two markedly different courses, each in their own right a major attraction. On my recent short visit, I was lucky enough to get a taste of both, and […]
Eastern Bohemia – Heritage, Beer and Legends
Two Legends of Pardubice – and why you should visit! RyanAir has just opened a new route direct from London Stansted to Pardubice so if you are planning to visit the Czech Republic it is now very easy to reach and still much cheaper than Prague both for hotels and food. While accommodation choices may […]
Food, Wine and Slivovice in the Czech Republic
Eating the Czech Republic Our trip to the Czech Republic started in Brno, Moravia – in the heart of the Czech wine region. While I will occasionally indulge in a beer, I was surprised and delighted to find that there WAS such a thing – although we learnt the quantity of Czech wine is so […]
First Impressions – Prague, Czech Republic
The Neophyte in Prague: There are places which have been on my personal ‘must visit’ list for so long that when a trip materialises, I become apprehensive. The possibility of shattered dreams perhaps? Prague first made my wish list many years ago when I watched ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’. But, I suspect it is […]