On Tuesday, 1. December I attended a gladly anticipated class. The topic was no history (or well, maybe something with cultural-historical background) and no politics but good, down-to-earth food.
Thanks to the wonderful people at Prague´s Chefparade, I attended an entertaining, enjoyable and teaching evening with nice people, a good atmosphere and (very important) good, traditional [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Prague’
December 3, 2009
Czech Cooking Evening
November 12, 2009
Trip to Teresin / Theresienstadt
On October the 31st (I know, it has been a while) I went on a trip to Theresienstadt / Teresin. Theresienstadt was a Nazi German ghetto during World War II. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic.
A [...]
October 30, 2009
About food in Prague
Okay, this topic had to come sooner or later. A person with such an interest in good food and cooking like me has to write something about what he or she is finding in a new city.
Eating in Prague, especially in the centre, can be hard. One has to find a way through all the [...]
October 17, 2009
Lovely Carlsbad / Karlovy Vary!
Today I visited Carlsbad / Karlovy Vary, a well known spa town in the western part of the Czech republic.
Carlsbad became famous in the 19th century, when vacation became popular among those who could afford it. So grand hotels and cafés were built, parks and esplanades shaped the appearance of the town that had visitors [...]
October 12, 2009
Swimming, Synagogues and snow…
Winter has started in Prague, or, so far, has sent us a first greeting in Prague. Saturday, around 11 o´clock am the first snow flakes of the season made their way to charm the pedestrians…
One of the best side of Prague is, that it surprises you when you would not suspect it. Although… this is [...]
October 7, 2009
University in Prague…
After the first days of classes in Prague I came across a few things worth telling…
Charles University in Prague finds itself run by people who seem to be afraid of too much usefulness, or so it seems to me. Maybe their fear is that too much functionality would be boring or something like that, but [...]
September 30, 2009
Museum of Communism, the pope and books
Some eventful days have passed, or, more precisely, some days which I used to explore the city
I´ve found my bookstore here in Prague, or my two bookstores, only a minute´s walk apart, both owned by Brits (wuhuu!) and both full of english books, cosy, familiar atmosphere.. and they even got a poetry book [...]
September 28, 2009
Sturm or Burcak, that is here the question…
What a wonderful day! Prague is also a Sturm-capital! Today I had my first glass of Czech Burcak, the equivalent to Austrian Sturm.
Sturm is the unpasteurised grape juice that is sold from early september until late october. At first its just cloudy grape juice, but when you buy it a few weeks later a part [...]
September 25, 2009
My own little Golem
Yesterday the ERASMUS- Welcome Club hosted a game for us newcomers here in Prague. We had to follow the footsteps of the golem. This was mostly a running game through the old jewish part of the inner city combined with guessing, riddles and finding things that could please the golem (who turned out to be [...]
September 23, 2009
Czech cuisine, good and bad…
Today I experienced two very different representations of czech cuisine, one has been an almost heavenly sweet treat and the second one was a very … hm… strange beverage…
Bad things first… I´ve been to a nice bar next to Vlatva River tonight and we had good food. But, when the waitress asked for drinks I [...]
