April 25, 2007

“The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator.”- Aldous HuxleyIn Prague's main railway station, Praha hlavní nádraží, the options for...  

On the occasion of the ‘Liberation Day’, the Czech Republic national holiday commemorating the end of the European part of the World War II, several institutions will be open to the public.  

Buy-a-Brick Action is a traditional project to help people with mental handicap be more independent and integrate fully in the society outside large care-taking institutions. Everybody who wants to support such a project can buy a special brick for 100 CZK in four outlets in Prague (street Na Prikope, Knight of the Cross Square, Franciscan Garden and Andel).  

Admires of the compositions of Antonin Dvorak (among the most famous are as ‘Rusalka’ or ‘From the New World’) can learn a lot about the life of this famous Czech composer in the Museum of Antonin Dvorak (Ke Karlovu street 20). The museum now opens a new exhibition called Through Prague in the Footsteps of Antonin Dvorak (Prahou po stopach Antonina Dvoraka).  

"It’s déj? vu all over again."- Attributed to Yogi BerraThat’s right, I’m talking about sandwiches. Again.I’d been to Fuzion, near Wenceslas Square for a sandwich once before. I wasn’t too impressed.A reader told me to give it another chance. I thought maybe I’d go back. Then V told me to give...  

I know learning bleck But wait this is interesting learning. This week for my Reading Prague class a class where we read about Prague specific places in time and what not then go visit them we went to the Czech suburbs. Now I know what you American Foreigners are thinking suburbs wow that sounds like outlet...