September 8, 2007

Contacts with Persia (now Iran) were strengthened during the reign of Rudolf II (1575- 1611 king of Bohemia). He saw, just as other European rulers did at the time, great danger in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey) and any anti- Ottoman coalition was useful. The first Persian envoys arrived to Prague in 1597,...  

Do you like stars? Do you like looking up to the sky and watching constellations? But you are disappointed because you see only cluster of stars and do not recognize single constellation. I think it is time to set out on a trip to planetarium. Planetarium Prague in Stromovka was opened on 20 November 1960....  

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Well we finally made it onto our first holiday from the UAE. Dubai airport was a nightmare with bizillions of people all around. We were most thankful for our new EGate passes that let us skip all of the queues and go through customs within about 2 seconds. V cool. Austrian Airlines didn't meet with our most...