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Signs of Prague
I love to photograph (what I consider) unusual details of the cities I visit, including its architecture, decorations, statues, signs and symbols. I often find these my favorite souvenirs of that destination, and that my camera’s lens is drawn more and more to these small details.
I’ve noticed over my years as a travel blogger a growing fondness of the signs of a destination. I find them entertaining and highly informative about the character of a place and its. I especially enjoyed those of Prague, and hope you do too!
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Strahov Monastery, Prague
One of the great things about visiting a city like Prague is having the opportunity to see and explore so many interesting historic sites. As an example, the Strahov Monastary.
The Monastery has beautiful architecture and a picturesque setting near Prague Castle, but it is best know for its lavish library of ancient texts and manuscripts. So elegant is this library that it was used for filming scenes in the movie, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. There’s also an interesting small church to explore, the Basilica of the Assumption of our Lady. And an excellent monastic brewery at which to enjoy another of the monks’ creative endeavours.
Strahov is one of the oldest monasteries of the Premonstratensian Order in the world, operational nearly continously …
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“Pic of the Week”, September 19, 2014: Prague Street Food
In California you might get some bean sprouts, tossed green salad or a tofurkey hot dog. Or perhaps some very tasty but less healthful Mexican food. Other cities often have their own unique street dishes. For example, in Calgary the “Perogie Boys” run a popular food wagon featuring that traditional Polish dumpling. But that’s not what you’ll find on the streets of Prague. The street food here is hearty, traditional and substantial. When we visited the city a few years ago, we tried a few of the items available, including some of those delicious kabobs and sausages. The hams were warm and smoky and quite good as well. I think street food was among the best food we had in …
Sep 18, 2014
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Praha = Prague = Fantastic!!!
Prague (pronounced and spelled Praha on local maps) was a city I’d wanted to visit for almost 2 decades, ever since the Iron Curtain collapsed at the hands of the Velvet Revolution. But as is often the case, life happens and my plans kept being postponed. Still the idea of visiting Prague was firmly set and as we finally were approaching the Hlvani Nadrazi train station, completing our four hour rail journey from Vienna, I felt a tingle run up my leg (with due apologies to Chris Matthews) on seeing some of the Prague landmarks I recognized, like the spires of St. Vitus and our Lady of Tyn Cathedrals. I was really looking forward to our upcoming week in the capitol of Bohemia and the Czech Republic. …
