Archive for 'Prague'
One day of romantic canoying just outside of Prague
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By: Standa - Posted: Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 08:12 AM
Category: Prague, Travel, General, Sport.
Tags: Travel, Sport
Comments: 277
Empathic Madrid versus arogant Prague
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By: Standa - Posted: Sunday May 10th, 2009 at 07:51 AM
Category: Prague, Travel, General.
Tags: Travel, Prague
Comments: 384
Easter according to the Czechs
I remember when some years ago, in a language school in London we exchanged Easter tradition experiences. As the only Czech I was there definitely the most controversial among international students community in our class with explanation of Czech “pomlazka” custom. It is the tradition that on Easter Monday men beat women with a specific [...]
By: Standa - Posted: Monday April 13th, 2009 at 09:46 PM
Category: Prague, General.
Tags: Czech, Tradition
Comments: 139
Prague is under snow instead of spring
Today morning on March 19th, 2009 I have woken up and see behind the window snow is falling. Our garden, trees, cars, streets has been covered by snow. I have remembered an old tramping song from my youth “We expected spring, but the frost came instead of…”
By: Standa - Posted: Thursday March 19th, 2009 at 02:48 PM
Category: Prague, General.
Tags: Czech, Prague
Comments: 147
Painting
I was a bit skeptical to this exposition, under prejudice: it could not overcome the provincialism of our small suburb of Prague. In spite of that I suggested to my family, let us go to a walk to recently repaired castle Chvaly, Horni Pocernice, Prague 9. The reality was opposite. On the beginning the permanent [...]
By: Standa - Posted: Thursday March 12th, 2009 at 08:43 AM
Category: Prague, General.
Tags: Czech, Prague
Comments: 265
How to register car in Prague. Step by step.
One of the other steps I had to explore on my way for independence was registering of my car which I bought as a used from my former employer. The source in Czech on Internet was not simple and I spent out some hours by studying and by exploring the issue on offices. Not only [...]
By: Standa - Posted: Thursday February 26th, 2009 at 08:42 PM
Category: Prague, General.
Tags: Czech, Prague
Comments: 114
Bad weather in winter Prague: going to aquapark? And what about kids?
What to do on free weekend in Prague when your plan for skiing in close mountains had been broken by the bad weather. On the last weekend we try to explore a relatively new aquapark in Cestlice, near Pruhonice, on east suburb of the Prague. The impression was in the end positive, it looks as [...]
By: Standa - Posted: Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 03:52 PM
Category: Prague, General, Sport.
Tags: Prague, Sport
Comments: 306