Blogs from Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 6

Alrighty all, I know I promised more rose photos for today since the weather the other day stopped me from taking more.. I spent about an hour in the gardens yesterday, so hopefully a few of these came out alright and in focus! =) Planning to get some nice shots of the actual museum/gallery/grounds soon. Random sky photos taken during sunset bike ride. Its kinda nice--sunset here has to be around 9:30 at night or so.. much more daylight than at home!! Only problem with that is you need good shades when trying to go to sleep early..haha. FYI, the memorial ceremony is going to be this Saturday morning. Tuesday (the actual memorial day) was packed with visitors to the museum and gallery, volunteer groups, and even news crews. I got to see them film a ... read more

So I don't have any really fun pictures today, however thought I'd do an update regardless =) Unfortunately my (new..grrr) camera had some weird error with my memory card, so I just got it reformatted, and now everything is peachy. To test to make sure it works again (which it does) I stuck my head out the window and took a few pics of the sunset from my view! Tomorrow I plan on going to the Rose Garden to get some awesome pics of the 29 THOUSAND rose bushes currently in bloom. Lets just say it smells ah-maz-ingg in that half of town.. Today I went to Prague and visited the Museum of Communism. Twas pretty good, very informative. I was interested in going just to see the take they had on it.. You find some ... read more

Went around taking some photos today as its my day off..sorta. I intended to do my heap of laundry today, however just realized that apparently nobody here thinks weekends are good times to do laundry, thus the laundromat is not open on weekends. Horrible planning in my opinion, but they think we're the crazy Americans who are busy/do things "non-stop". I think I kinda like it that way though.. lol Whatever. So, Pretty photos!! (wish I had used higher resolution because some would make great computer backgrounds lol) The exhibit isnt technically in the museum, but across from the museum there is another smaller gallery for traveling/temporary exhibits that we use. behind the room shown there is another room for visiting classes and whatnot to use.. Its a pretty space..and now it smells awesome cause of ... read more

Karlstejn castle—they say this castle looks like it is from Disneyland, and it does. Turrets and walls and ramparts, high above a village. We had to walk up to the castle first thing in the morning and it was very interesting a beautiful. Bought a picture from an art gallery and proprietor clicked his heels and bowed at us—the Czech manners make you feel very ladylike. We then rushed back to Prague, and did some more sightseeing and finally went to the concert in the golden church. We went to see the Hussite chapel—they were very early Protestants even before Luther and helped to mould the Czech Republic into one people. Caused lots of bloodshed though—the protestants seemed very keen on chucking people out of high windows—there is a name for this—defenestration - and it has ... read more

‘The Long Road To The Church of Bones’ Intro Rather than prattle on about the glories of Prague and the Czech Republic which many a travel blog will enthuse over, I thought I’d talk about a few different things for a change. Don’t get me wrong, Prague is a beautiful city with the Gothic excellence of St. Vitus’s cathedral, the castle, the Astronomical Clock, Charles Bridge and the view from Petřín Hill among many places to see before you die. But if you where to go to a Prague for a week you’d wear out the common attractions pretty soon. So now I’ll recommend a place (and help you get there via public transport) that you may not have heard of but should surely visit if you are going to Prague for anything longer than ... read more