Alchymist Hotel

And so to Prague

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August 3rd 2016
We should have learned by now that travelling days don’t turn out as we planned. But we still set off from Brno in a spirit of optimism. We’d changed our original plan to go via Kutna Hora in favour of visiting Karlstejn Castle, which was more of a detour but was billed as the most popular place to visit outside Prague. As we speed along the motorway, we take the road closed signs to Kutna ... read more

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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 ot... ... read more