December 30, 2008

vesel Vnoce Merry Christmas in Czech don't as me how to pronounce it though I haven't got a clue. also i should warn you that this entry is rather lengthy not for the faint of heart...feel free to skimI'm back in Madrid after a fabulous time in Prague. I don't really know where to begin after such a...  

The Prague Zoo just blossoms under Petr Fejk’s lead, nobody can doubt that. In 2008, about 1,2 million visitors passed its gates, which lists it among the most visited in zoo parks Europe again. Prague zoo is among the seven best zoos in Europe, according to Forbes magazine. When you enter the zoo, you...  

The most powerful political party on current Czech political scene has just held a major congress, one that should set its direction for years to come. It brought several very significant events. First, the founder, the brain, and the soul of the Party, President Klaus, cut his ties with his creation. The...  

In the basement there is an installation consisting of three projecting units and three large screens. The project is called Solitude and was created by Katerina Neiburga. What you see are stills, combined so that they resemble shots, showing you an untidy apartment. The series of photographs move, mostly...  

A reconstruction, which is according to specialists messed up, but an outsider can’t recognise there is anything wrong. That is the centre of the dispute, that has been going for half a year now. The reason for reconstruction was the stones were damaged by salting and needed replacement, the reasons...  

When it is time to pop open the champagne and start to celebrate we survived another year, one wants to balance, what happened the year before. What happened in the Czech Republic in 2008? As a starter, the visas for the USA were abandoned, finally ending one of bureaucratic mambo-jumbos. Two films touched...  

Are you in Prague on 31-1st ? What to do in Prague on New Year’s Eve? Well, you can start your evening by making a stop in a restaurant, and than to pop a champagne outside at midnight. It is ok – even when there are some things you should know. There is public drinking ban at some places like Prague...  

Today, the 09 season of Prague Tour de Ski, ski running competition, starts. Just a few days ago, it seemed the whole competition is threatened by warm weather and lack of snow. But at the night from 25th to 26th December it started to freeze and since the time, the snow cannons are running continuously....  

As I've said Christmas in Prague is amazingand amazingly quiet too People who live here go to the mountains for the holidays so things are fairly quiet around the city...almost like downtown New York City after 7 p. m. Our Christmas was pretty mellow but we did manage to get out to midnight mass at a...