At the grave of Franz Kafka, a beautiful jewish cemetery, overgrown and filled with plant life, girls must have their shoulders covered and guys must wear a hat, they have (kippah's) at the entrance to put on. Franz Kafka's grave is located at the New Jewish Cemetery which was established in 1891. The cemetery is free to [...]
Category: Czech Republic
Fringe festival
Fringe Festival is a large performance festival we attended in Prague. It happens all of the world, they have one here in Chicago. In Prague it happens every summer, so right on time for when we were there. The Fringe Festival is based off the model of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is the worlds largest [...]
Macao & Wok
After a trip to the Opera that didn't go over super well and wandering home taking photos a friend and I went out to dinner. He suggested a Chinese Restaurant he'd been frequenting since he was staying at a hotel nearby. The restaurant is right next to the Palladium. I ordered a coconut, pineapple and [...]
State Opera House
When I went to meetings to learn more about Prague before applying to study abroad there I was told going to the Opera was cheap. So I packed for the opera in mind. I spoke with my teachers and classmates and they suggested Aida. Two classmates said they'd come with. My friends ordered their tickets online [...]
Cafe Louvre
After a trip out to the graveyard our teacher took us to Cafe Louvre. Still getting over being sick I ordered ginger tea. When we went when the restaurant was having a strawberry take over of their menu, with strawberry drinks and what I ordered, cold strawberry soup, that I loved. I also ordered an [...]
Vyšehrad
One of our teachers who had been hosting yoga in the parks in the morning offered to take us to Vyšehrad. Vyšehrad includes a huge park that our teacher wanted us to do yoga in but she also wanted to show us the birthplace of Prague. We saw a couple wedding processions at the St. Peter and St. [...]
Petřín Tower
My trip to the Petřín was a solo trip, the first one I did in Prague, and one full of misadventures. I love exploring but I like to have at least one other person with me, especially in places where I don't know the language. My trip to the Petřín started with a troublesome tram ride. When no [...]
Kavárna Pod Lipami
Kavárna Pod Lipami was one of those cute coffee shops like the Alchemy cafe that I found rather late and sadly hadn't noticed it was right under my nose until rather late. I found it because one of my teachers had picked it for our one on one meetings. It is a very short walk [...]
Trdelník
While wandering around Prague occasionally you'll smell something sweet. Most likely it's a trdelník. Trdelník's are probably one of the things I miss most about Prague. It's traditionally from Hungary and was brought over from Transylvania. A trdelník is a rolled pastry. Dough is wrapped around a stick and cooked over a fire while spinning slowly [...]
United Islands of Prague
United Islands is a huge free international music festival in Prague with stages on different islands throughout the Vlatava river. The event is super popular and pulls in a huge crowd of people from around Europe. It started rather late in our trip to Prague and so on our last days we would gather and [...]