September 7, 2007

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Swan, originally uploaded by finofilka.  

A Very Beautiful PlaceSo as I alluded to I ended up taking a detour to Prague Praha in the local tongue. I find myself at 6am at the Munich train station still feeling the effects from the night before that only ended at 430 and not a wink of sleep. Oh and I haven't showered and I don't even have a room in...  

Recently I came across a book called “A book about old Prague” which was written by PhDr. Jiri Horak. It is a book full of short stories from history of Prague and it is so interesting that I decided to translate some of the stories for you. This one is about Petrin observatory. In 1826 -1843 Count Karel...  

Do you know the lifestyle of one of the most significant Czech noble families, the Borita of Martinic family. You can find it out in Martinic Palace in Hradcanske square near Prague Castle. The interior of the palace looks like the family left the building just yesterday. You can see the children’s room with dolls, the lounge with munitions, the bedroom of the owners and many others.  

Charles Bridge is propably the most popular attraction among Prague visitors. And this famous historical monument, which lately celebrated 650 years of it´s existance, is now about to be reconstucted. The reconstruction is planed to be extensive and should take a long time. But don´t worry, the bridge wont...  

The Ministry of Culture approves the decision of Prague municipal authorities to let ECM company build high buildings in Prague – Pankrac. Many civic associations are against this intention. They are afraid that the buildings would destroy the integrity of the historical city center and would increase the number of cars in the area.  

The captains of steam boats and pleasure boats in Prague inform that they will sail on the Vltava river even in September. This year they have already transported more travellers than last year, thus more than 300 thousand people.  

While in Brittany, we spent one day in Dinan. A medieval town famous for its timbered houses and the ramparts you can use to hike around the city, it also hosts a pair of competing musicians who have staked out their personal stages. In the center, an accordion and hurdy gurdy player moved from one likely...