main old town square

Prague

September 6th 2011
This city also will be called Praha or Prag depending on where you see it. It is quite impressive from a visual standpoint no matter what you call it. When you first enter it it feels like a surreal surrounding with some mammoth old structures. If you haven,t done a lot of European travels, you have to have a while to adjust your eyes to it, kind of like when I first saw the Grand Canyon. ... read more

Europe » Czech Republic

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 ot... ... read more

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Eric Helliwell

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I am an IT guy who has done a fair bit of traveling. I grew up in the same town I went to college, so I guess I needed to get around a bit more when I got older. I decided to blog my future journeys so I can actually reflect on the them when they are done. The most important thing to me when I travel is to get a feel for the history, natural landscape, and people of an area. If you can understand the way a people interact with it's land and how past events have shaped their thoughts about others, you will really understand the culture. I will take a fixed tour occasionally, but mostly ... full info

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