Tonight, the creative writing capsule presented the fruits of two weeks’ labor at our final reading. We had the upstairs room at Kavárna co hledá jméno, a hip indoor/outdoor café space that furnished our group with multiple rounds of dense hot chocolate. Katie read a…
For the past two weeks, our Histories of Resistance class has been researching the streets of Wenceslas Square, one of the most politically important sites in Prague. People gathered at Wenceslas Square at each stage of Prague’s transformation from fascism, to communism, to democracy, and…
One of our favorite ways to experience a different city precisely as locals do is by going to the movies. Luckily Prague has a number of theaters, from mall multiplexes to arthouses steeped in history. Tonight, we headed to the Aero cinema, or Kino Aero,…
There aren’t many of these left in Prague and they may soon all be gone. We took advantage of the one in City Hall while we still could. A paternoster lift is an elevator that consists of a chain of open compartments that move in…
It’s a thrill to be able to travel abroad and seek out a museum with certain specific exhibits in mind. In a whirlwind of new information, simple name recognition goes a long way. This afternoon, we visited Prague’s cavernous National Gallery to experience two installations…
We’ve seen Prague Castle at sundown; we’ve clambered up the steps of the Vítkov National Monument; we’ve dodged selfie sticks and rogue Trdelníks in Old Town at all hours. So tonight we tried to up our game with a classic fancy/casual combination: a Mozart concert at…
by Karly K. The Egon Schiele Gallery houses one permanent display and three exhibitions. Shiele was an inter-war artist, who fought in World War I. He was fascinated by the nature around the town in which his mother grew up, Česky Krumlov, where the gallery…
Today we set out early to spend the entire day inhabiting the IRL fairytale that is southern Bohemia’s Česky Krumlov. Česky Krumlov is so uniquely charming, it’s a little hard to believe – from the endless orange-roofed views, to the serpentine cobblestoned roads, to…
Kašperk Castle has some tours in English, but seeking an authentic experience, we figured hit us with the Czech. A mixed call. We nodded along at the tour guide and looked down at the English translation packets in our hands. The 6-year-old children around us…
The great thing about being at the Chateau Hotel Zdíkov, other than the impressive range of decorative taxidermy, is we can take things a little slower – leaving plenty of time to prepare for our upcoming final presentations. On the last day of our trip, Nate’s…