That is essentially it for Prague. It was a fun experience to spend several months there while taking classes with teacher's who were more interested in us getting out and enjoying Prague then turning our work in on time. I went with two groups, a creative writing department and a marketing department. A couple places, [...]
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U Fleků
At the end of our classes we went to one last restaurant and brewery, U Fleků to celebrate the end of our summer in Prague. We ended up eating at a giant table together and with another giant table behind us filled with over 50 50 year old Germans who sang with us. We walked to U [...]
Bontanicus
Bontanicus is a botanical beauty and health shop in Prague. They sell a wide variety of items such as soap, herbs, bathsalts, candles, tea, jams, perfume, and beauty products just to name a few. Everything they sell is organic and hand made. They use fresh herbs, plants, and vegetables from their gardens in their products. I went [...]
Leterna Magica: Legendy magické Prahy
Leterna Magica or the Magic Lantern was on a list that our teacher suggested we all go to. Laterna Magica is a non-verbal theater, so it's friendly to anyone of any language. The performances are done through dance film and black light theater. Black Light Theater or Black Theater is done through black light illusion, [...]
Absintherie
Every time my classmates and I wandered around in Old Town, around Franz Kafa Square we would pass the Absintherie. Besides being bright green and eye catching they also have a giant ice-cream cone sitting in the doorway, it made us curious. Absinthe ice cream? So before we left a group of us went to [...]
Copy General-Prague
The Copy General was where we would print off our papers. We'd take the tram or walk down from the hostel before classes started with flash drives and wait for a computer to open up. Copy Generals exist outside of Prague, there are some in the US. It didn't cost too much to print, which [...]
Praha Srdce Národů Gala Concert
Praha Srdce Národů is a cultural celebration, an international heart of nations. It is an annual joint performance and celebration of folk arts of minorities within the Czech Republic. One of my teachers invited us all to Gala Concert, not a lot of people said yes, so I went with two of my teachers and one [...]
U Kalicha and The Good Soldier Švejk
There are, in Prague a lot of Good Solider Švejk restaurants. One of my teachers was friends with a tour guide who I would run into while she was guiding tours and she decided to show all of us the best restaurant to go to for Good Solider Švejk, U Kalicha or The Goblet. We had been [...]
The Charles Bridge
The Charles Bridge is an Arch style bridge crossing the Vlatava . Construction of the bridge began in 1357. It's a commonly used bridge that I crossed countless times on my trip. It can get pretty packed depending on the time of the day, whenever I crossed it there were people around. In the day [...]
Český Krumlov
Our last tour of our trip was to Český Krumlov. A beautiful 13th Century city that's been being restored over the past decade. The Vlatava river cuts through the city and brings a lot of people for canoe trips, however there is a section of the river that isn't safe, and when we went to Český Krumlov that [...]