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Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to form Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the demands of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans and the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia fell within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule and create "socialism with a human face." Anti-Soviet demonstrations the following year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet authority in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its freedom through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the country underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. To be updated

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By torence777
September 10th 2009

MY BIRTHDAY Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

The club!
the largest club in central europe, located 100 meters from the Charles Bridge.

Its my birthdayyy!!! 21.. in Prague. A little anticlimatic given I have been allowed to drink here for three years, but it turned out to be great! I woke up today and went to Bohemia Bagel.. a bagel and salad cafe. It is geared towards Americans because it had free refills for coffee (which is unheard of in Czech) and the service is very fast. In Prague, we only tip 10% or less because serves make more per hour. However, there is a downside... they take FOOREVER. Don't sit down at a restaurant in Prague and expect to be in and [View Full Entry]

By chris and adam touring europe
September 9th 2009

Prag Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Old Town

We love love love Prag! The most beautiful city we have been to sofar! It is just amazing! We took the metro to Josefov, the jewish part of town and walked around admiring the sinagoges. Then we explored the Old Town and watched the play of the Astronomic Clock. The gothic church was beautiful and we loved every little corner there. We walked around and found art nouveau style buildings aswell as an old monastery. There, we bought art nouveau postcards and decided we had to see the Alfons Mucha Museum, who is the art nouveau pioneer. We walked along the [View Full Entry]

By torence777
September 9th 2009

Telc Europe » Czech Republic » Vysocina Region » Telc

Telc Castle
The castle from a distance.. so beautiful!

Our Program wanted to us to see what a smaller city looked like as opposed to Prague and Plzen, so during orientation, they took us to Telc which is close to the Austria border. On the way, we passes farm lands and forests. It was beautiful, but at the same time it made me wonder if people only lived in cities here because houses were very scarce! The Czech country side is so beautiful. Telc is a very small city.. more like a town. It consists pretty much of just one square and a few streets. The square had local vendors [View Full Entry]

By Josh and Susanne
September 9th 2009

Three Jans (yawns) Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Malá Strana

Prague (Praha), Czech Republic 9.5.09-9.8.09 At least three Jan’s We were greeted by a nice guy named Jan (pronounced Yan in Czech) with a Cramer sign in his hands promptly after deplaning at the Prague airport. On the way to the St. George Hotel, Jan sped around and tried to sell us a rental car. As planned, our friend Matt (AKA Kozel) met us at the hotel circa 6:30. He was to be our host for the first night in town. Matt took us to a fine, candlelit restaurant specializing in vegetarian food—which was very good for us since we had [View Full Entry]

By Danidani
September 8th 2009

BLAST OFF: Czech Republic (Pre Paint Day) Europe » Czech Republic » Karlovy Vary Region » Cheb

Our snooze spot in Berlin
After making the 50 Euro, waiting for the Train at 6am

Czech Republic Pre Paint Day 9/1 - 9/8 (Total until 9/17) The last blog left off with Phoenix and I surviving a severely horrible and pukey 8 hour boat ride from Bornholm, Denmark to Sassnitz, Germany. And of course, as miserable as the trip was we are so grateful to have had that experience and adventure…and even more grateful that it’s over! So after the boat ride we ended up in Sassnitz, instead of on the Island of Hiddensee. This change in course worked out relatively well because we had no interest in taking another boat to get off that Island, [View Full Entry]

By torence777
September 8th 2009

Plzen Europe » Czech Republic » Plzen Region » Plzen

Plzen
One of the Jewish Synogauges.

Today we went to Plzen, a smaller city in Prague about an hour and a half away. It is where Pilson beer comes from!! The professor who was guiding us actually works there at the Pilson brewery. When we got there, she got off the bus and put her name tag on and said "I am Eva and I will be your tour guide today." We were all just like whhhhaat? We learned a lot about Czech beer and basically that they drink more thank any other country! They only export 10% of their beer and consume the rest.. crazy. She [View Full Entry]

By chris and adam touring europe
September 8th 2009

Berlin - Dresden - Prag Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Vrsovice

We picked up 2 people to Dresden and were amazed by the city. It is really very beautiful, with a lot of huge castles and churches- we didnt expect that. After only one hour walking around, we picked up another person and drove to Prag. That way, we made a little money and had some company on the way. We stayed with Adams grandparents friend, Parush in Prag. He lives in a Monastery on the top of a hill overlooking Prag. The first night, he took us out to eat hering and have Czech biers with him and his friends. It [View Full Entry]

By pilnikjezerobota
September 7th 2009

Wordless Europe » Czech Republic » Prague » Holesovice

You didn't want us in the squats...
...now we're on the streets.

There's little I really feel I can write about what I've been upto in my last week in the Czech Republic this summer. I've had a visitor and we've been all over the place, but the idea of "travel blogging" anything since I've returned from Croatia has just seemed silly as then, I really felt I was returning home, rather than just to "where I was staying". So I just don't have anything to say anymore. Going back to London just feels wrong, and I doubt I'll be staying there very long after finally finishing my degree. So all I have [View Full Entry]

By torence777
September 7th 2009

2nd full day in prague Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Boat Party
We went on a boat party to meet the other ECES kids.. there are 90 of us from all over the country. They gave us a plate of five donuts, one plate for each person.. probably because we're Americans, a... [more]

On my second full day in Prague, we had our orientation for Charles University. Our dorm mother led us to our building down town. We were going to walk, but we were running late, so 30 of us were lined up to get tram tickets, but there was not enough time! So Suzana told us to get on with out paying.. She told us in her cute czech accent "dont worry... people do it all the time" Yet there is a $40 fine you have to pay if you get caught! We arrived at one of the academic buildings which is [View Full Entry]

By torence777
September 6th 2009

Prague Castle Europe » Czech Republic » Prague

Zuzana's Tour
See.. she even knew the random violinist on the street.

So I have been terrible about writing in this simply because they have kept us SO busy here! And when I do have free time, im either sleeping or out exploring Prague. The first morning I woke up in Prague, Suzana, the dorm mother took us on a tour of the dorm and the dorm neighborhood which happens to be right next to Prague Castle. We saw the castle and some government buildings where the President and other government officials work. We also saw the villa where the President lives. Suzana expressed her dislike for the president, and actually knew the [View Full Entry]

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