Insight Into a Czech Home: Washing Dishes

What I love most about visiting different places and having international visitors stay at our home is seeing the cultural differences in some of the most day to day things, things like doing the laundry or washing dishes. That is the exact reason we created this blog, to educate Americans and foreigners of the way...

Food, LIFESTYLE

July 14, 2017

The Beautiful and Historic Liberec Town Hall

Besides the fact that it is simply a beautiful building to look at, the Liberec Town Hall is an amazing piece of history in the center of the city of Liberec in The Czech Republic. Above the entrance, on the left side is a façade of the old town hall, and on the right side...

Architecture, CULTURE

July 11, 2017

A Throwback Poem – Memories of Prague

Because our schedule has been packed with visitors and work, we have not been posting here as we usually do, but recently as I was cleaning out my old files I found a short poem I wrote when we arrived home from Prague the first time we went. The poem is simply a collection of...

History, NOSTALGIA

July 4, 2017

Czech Out this Artist: Michal Trpák

Michal Trpák is a sculpture/painter born in České Budějovice in 1982. His eye catching art can be found all over public areas in Prague, and whether it be in a office space, a restaurant, or on the street, its contemporary style remains. Though all of his art is unique and beautiful in its own way, his...

Art and Design, CULTURE

July 2, 2017

Next Door by Imperial Restaurant, Prague

Located on the ground level of The Cosmopolitan Hotel close to Old Town Square, Next Door is a Czech restaurant that provides a luxury dining experience with a comfortable atmosphere. This high class restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a magnificent space. The interior of the restaurant is chic and timeless with intricate crown...

PLACES, Restaurants

June 30, 2017

Family Fun at The Mirror Labyrinth on Petřín Hill

Located right beside the Petřín Tower, this mirror maze is located on Petřín Hill in a historic building that actually looks like a miniature Castle. Upon purchasing your tickets you enter a corridor of mirrors that resembles a magician’s labyrinth with gold framed mirrors and dim lighting. This is the perfect attraction to take the...

PLACES, Prague

June 28, 2017

Foggy Days in Prague on Instagram

As beautiful as Prague is in the sunlight, when you can see its colorful buildings and sights, some days in the early morning, or when in rains or snows and fog rolls in, the big shining city turns to a beautifully spooky one. Prague is not really known as a foggy city, but on occasion...

CULTURE, Photography

June 24, 2017

Watch This Fairytale: Tři Bratři or Three Brothers

Three Brothers or Tři Bratři is a Czech movie that intertwines three classic Czech fairytales, what we know here as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Twelve Months into one beautiful to look at film. The movie begins with famous Czech actor Oldřich Kaiser drawing illustrations in a book, the pictures in this book are...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

June 22, 2017

The Fastest Way to Get Around Prague – Blanka Tunnel

My brother recently came back from a trip to Prague. Among all of his stories of his adventures at the theater, walking the city, and seeing family, a story came up where he said he was driving across the city and reached a tunnel that went on for miles and miles. I was surprised to...

PLACES, Prague

June 20, 2017

Owning A Chata or Chalúpka In Czech

If you recently read our post about The Uniqueness of Czech Character and what makes a Czech a Czech by guest author Mila Rechcigl, you will have probably seen that land ownership is number one on the list. Czech people truly do have a love for land and it shows in their well keeping and pride of it....

Czech Republic, PLACES

June 18, 2017

The Elegant Barceló Brno Palace Hotel

Staying at the Barceló Brno Palace Hotel is just like staying at a palace, fully loaded with spacious rooms and lovely service. This luxury 5 star hotel is in the heart of Brno and literally close to everything you’d want to see and explore. Brno is one of the Czech Republics biggest cities besides Prague...

Hotels, PLACES

June 16, 2017

An Orloj Replica in Hongdae, South Korea

Though from the outside you may be tricked into thinking this building is located in the center of Prague, Castle Praha is actually a Czech brewery and restaurant located in the town of Mapo-gu, in the Hongdae region of Seoul, South Korea. The exterior of Castle Praha was made by Koreans to look just like Prague´s Old...

Architecture, CULTURE

June 13, 2017

The Baroque Paintings of Petr Brandl

Petr Johannes Brandl (1668-1735) was one of the greatest Baroque painters in Bohemia during his time. Though he painted many beautiful biblical scenes, today we will be taking a look at some of his portraits, because whether they were of noblemen, peasants, or saints – the lifelike expressions he captured were beautiful. You don’t have...

Art and Design, CULTURE

June 11, 2017

How to Address People in the Czech Language

Believe it or not, the Czech language is one of the easiest to learn, with only a few little hurdles you’ll need to overcome – one of them being pronunciation. The Czech alphabet has 41 letters, some of which are not pronounced the same in Czech as they are in English, take for example the...

PEOPLE, TresBohemes

June 7, 2017

Czech Film Director Karel Zeman and The Karel Zeman Museum

Karel Zeman was a much loved film director who was born in the Czech village of Ostroměř. Besides his work directing films, Zeman was also a production designer, artist, and animator. Because of his amazing skills at animating, many of the films he made combined real footage with his own animation, ending up in what the viewers...

Bohemians, PEOPLE

June 5, 2017

The Beautiful BoHo Hotel Near Old Town

The BoHo hotel near the center of Old Town has everything you could possibly want in a hotel. It is elegant, quiet, comfortable, and less than a 10-minute walk from the Charles Bridge. When you’re not enjoying the city around you, you can take time to rest your feet in the spa, or head over...

Hotels, PLACES