Tag Archives: Czech Republic
Food for Thought: How Food Enhances Travel
An old adage says that you don’t really know someone until you walk a mile in their shoes. We believe it is just as true that you don’t really know a place until you eat a plate of its food.There is so much more to visiting a destination than seeing the sights. We try to immerse… CONTINUE READING >>
The Benefits of Seeing Europe By Car
Renting a car and taking off across a foreign land can be daunting even to the most seasoned of travelers.But, there are a number of big advantages to renting a car to visit Europe as opposed to other modes of travel. Driving is often the best way to see some of Europe’s most famous sites. How else could we have traced the route of the Monaco Gran Prix, or motored over magnificent mountain passes in The Swiss… CONTINUE READING >>
Six Places That Will Scare the Snot Out of You
A church decorated with bones, a turn-of-the-century torture chamber, ghost lights in the-middle-of-nowhere Texas, a Voodoo Queen’s grave and a REALLY haunted hotel are among the scariest things we’ve seen out on the road. Click in if you dare… CONTINUE READING >>Our Quaint Bohemian Village
Klatovy, Czech Republic, a quaint Bohemian village, was just what we were looking for after the hustle and bustle of Prague. We found a rare Baroque Pharmacy (with leeches!), ate fried pork neck, saw a weirdly adult looking “baby Jesus” and were introduced to Sgraffiti, an amazing way of decorating buildings… CONTINUE READING >>
Czeching Our Tires! Driving in the Czech Republic – A GypsyNester Guide
Driving in a foreign land can be challenging, but we have found that it affords us with opportunities to discover out-of- the-way gems we would never see from trains, planes or tour buses. It is only by car that we can truly stumble upon things GypsyNester-style.The superhighways in Europe… CONTINUE READING >>
Driving in the Czech Countryside
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Beautiful scenery, narrow roads, weird signs, crazy fast… CONTINUE READING >>
Czech Please! Eating in the Czech Republic – A GypsyNester Guide
A big part of Veronica’s desire to see “The Motherland” was to find the origins of her childhood dinners. Generations of her Bohemian ancestors had passed down dishes and now we could experience the originals, almost all of which include dumplings.Dumplings are the undisputed heavyweight champions of Czech food and we found them answering the bell on almost every plate. Big city or small town, fancy restaurant or local dive, it made no difference, dumplings were our… CONTINUE READING >>
Our Fine Communist Hotel
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A looming large rectangular cinder block artifact that we dubbed “Fine Communist Hotel.” Spartan would be a… CONTINUE READING >>
Bohemian Wrap-sody
A fairytale day in Prague – join your GypsyNesters as we visit a castle, wake up in a Fine Communist Hotel, visit a king from a Christmas Carol, ponder the Dark Ages, watch soldiers change their guard and, best of all, never spend a koruna (except on traditional street food and a subway ride). Edibles spinning over an open fire was cooking method of… CONTINUE READING >>
Shenanigans in the Prague Subway!
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The GypsyNesters attempt the Prague Subway! From buying tickets (David INSISTS he meant to say “bills” and not “dollars”!) to getting… CONTINUE READING >>
The Supernatural Power of the Charles Bridge
The Charles Bridge is extraordinary – for the history and the supernatural, which are entirely intertwined. We couldn’t wait to make a wish by rubbing the well-worn brass depiction of the ill-fated St. John – he was thrown to his untimely death on this bridge… CONTINUE READING >>Video – Lost in Prague, A Driving Lesson
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This was the first time we had to attempt to “bleep” cussing in a video! Hope it worked!
Ever been lost in a big city? How about a city with crazy… CONTINUE READING >>
The Kick Astronomical Clock of Prague
Each hour a huge crowd gathers to watch this clock trot out its lively cast of characters – including Death, Avarice and Vanity… CONTINUE READING >>Plague Monument in Kutná Hora
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With a coded message, this stunning 50 foot baroque is a memorial for 6,146 plague victims. As we contemplated the anguished figures on the tower, we noticed… CONTINUE READING >>
Czech Out Kutná Hora!
Drawn to this part of the Czech Republic – like a prepubescent girl to a Justin Bieber concert – by the legend of a church filled with decorative bones, we were served up an unexpected treat when we stayed in the nearby town of Kutná Hora.In a bygone era, Kutná Hora rivaled Prague as the main city of Bohemia, the traditional name for the western half of Czech, and several kings… CONTINUE READING >>
St. Barbara’s Cathedral, Kutná Hora
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St. Barbara’s Cathedral dominates Kutná Hora from a hill overlooking the city. A miner’s chapel had occupied the site for nearly… CONTINUE READING >>
The Macabre Human Bone Church of Sedlec, Czech Republic
It would be impossible for anyone to expect what we found in the little town of Sedlec. An ancient chapel that came with a very disturbing secret. It had been used as an ossuary, or mass burial site. Strange, yet not completely out of the ordinary. But inside the walls of this seemingly peaceful little church is an art form so ghastly, it must be seen to be believed.The creepy centerpiece of this macabre masterpiece, a massive chandelier containing at least one of every bone in the human body. It’s hard to say how long we stood staring, time seemed to come to a grinding halt insidethe tomb.
What would make someone conceive of such a grizzly… CONTINUE READING >>
Czech Food!
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Dumplings, goulash, sauerkraut and MEAT! Oh, and delish street food…mmmmmm! The Czech Republic is a… CONTINUE READING >>
Prague in a Day!
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And everything was free (except the street food)! Check out all… CONTINUE READING >>
Prague’s Kick Astronomical Clock
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Each hour a huge crowd gathers to watch this clock trot out its lively cast of characters – including death, avarice and… CONTINUE READING >>
A Day on the Charles Bridge, Prague
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Check out the beautiful statues, touch the stars for good luck and see … CONTINUE READING >>
Video – Human Bone Church of Sedlec
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The chandelier contains at least one of every bone in the human body. For more about this church: http://gypsynester.com/bc.htm
