September 22, 2008

One of my favorite short cuts in downtown Prague - this little alley behind Wensceslas Square joins one tourist thronged street to another, but it's never really crowded. It does attract a lot of graffiti though, and if I know I'm going to be walking by I try to bring my camera to snap up a sample. Here is...  

The most romantic voice in the USA first time in the Czech Republic! Michael Bolton is a successful artist, who sold more than 50 million copies worldwide. He is a proud owner of two Grammies for the best singer and six Music Awards. The owner of strong, slightly coarse voice is known to the public as a...  

The crisis of ODS continues. The Tlusty scandalous case wasn’t probably enough – Topolanek sharply attacked the Prague Mayor Bem yesterday. Bem is, according to Topolanek, the one who in long-term intricates against him. “Those people are united in the idea of coalition with socialists, they...  

 On Saturday the new wine festival moved from namesti Miru to Grebovka, and we went with it. So did the rest of Prague 2, as you may be able to tell in the top picture. James philosophically watched the crowds while Caroline and her friends learned about spinning, weaving, coin making, and how to get...  

Thousands of people headed to the happening event, aimed for leaving the frequented streets to pedestrians and cyclists. The European week of mobility so culminated to its end. Those who came to the space between The Café Slavia and Rudolfinum could see a unique view: the street looked lie a hundred years...  

Thirty years after Vaclav Havel has started to correspond with the founder of Charta 77 Frantisek Janouch, he gets a prize from this institution, of which he later became the leading personality. The prize of Jaroslav Seifert is probably the most significant literary prize, which the Czech Republic has. Ten...  

To their new owners moved the classic pieces of Czech art avant-garde, which appeared in auction in Prague in short time again. The painting by Josef Capek, Koupel nohou or “The Foot Bath” sold for 7,9 millions czk. The starting price was five millions. It is a lot, but still, in 2006 the same...