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May First at Petřín

May 1, 2008

Prague’s Petřín Park is considered by many to be one of the most romantic places in the city. It is especially true on May 1st when Czechs commemorate their own equivalent of Valentine’s Day. We write briefly about May First, the Time of Love on My Czech Republic. Below are two pictures taken today at [...]

Prague Easter Market – Painted Eggs and Pomlázkas

March 12, 2008

I visited the Easter Market on Old Town Square today.  We had some rain on and off, but the market was still busy.      If you want to read about Easter in the Czech Republic and the tradition of the pomlázka, visit our Czech Easter section on My Czech Republic.  

The Day of Three Kings

January 6, 2008

Today is the Day of Three Kings. Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar (in Czech Kašpar, Melichar and Baltazar) were the Biblical gift bearers but I think of them as the “light bearers”. The Czech saying Na Tři krále o krok dále means that on Three Kings Day, we’re one step further on our way to longer days. Which is definitely [...]

Happy 2008!

December 29, 2007

We would like to wish all our regular, occasional and accidental readers a very Happy New Year!  We hope it is a good one for all of us! Dana and Jeff

Gifts, Tree, Carp

December 25, 2007

It’s Christmas and we’re spending a nice, relaxing time at home. The gifts were all given last night, on Christmas Eve, as is customary in the Czech Republic. As every year, some people were still gift shopping yesterday. I’m glad we were not among them. We kept busy doing some last-minute cleaning, wrapping gifts, making [...]

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