Since 1985, the European Commission has been designating one or two cities per year as European Capitals of Culture (ECOC). That’s thirty years of work, recognizing more than fifty cities, … Read more
The elixir for eternal youth and the potions for love and happiness were right here at the Alchemy Museum in Prague all the time.
Don’t think the Kutna Hora Bone Church is unique. For some reason there are several chapels like this in the world of the Catholic Church. (We visited one in Rome … Read more
Kris and I visited 13 foreign countries in 2013. In order: Spain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Japan, back to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. … Read more
One of the sobering realities of touring Eastern Europe is visiting the old Jewish quarters of the cities to see remnants of what destruction the Nazis wrought. This synagogue, though, … Read more
We’re just back from a visit to the four Eastern European capitals of Christmas Markets: Vienna and Berlin were nice. Budapest was just getting started. But the best of them, … Read more
The Old Jewish Cemetery in the Jewish Quarter of Prague has been in use since at least the 15th Century. (There is some dispute as to when it was founded.) … Read more
The Cathedral of St. Vitus in Prague was finished over a period of about 700 years. It was only completed in the early 20th Century, which implies there is, shall … Read more