The Czech Republic was only formed in 1993. Yet not only is it home to one of the most beautiful cities in the world – Prague – it also embodies the historical lands of Bohemia and Moravia, and Czech Silesia. This is a country of castles and grand mansions, once home to the richest...
The arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), marked a troubling escalation. Detained in October on sedition charges, Das was accused of disrespecting the national flag during a rally. This led to moves to ban ISKCON on dub...
Around the curving Dance House skyscraper, which was built by Frank Gehry, bars line the Náplavka riverfront. The great National Theatre, which also has a view of the river, presents plays, opera, and ballet. Below is a list of the best places to stay in Prague New Town. Cheapest Hoste...
Bohemia House — it was rebranded, following a social media poll in 2020 — resides inside Czechoslovak National House on West End Lane. Look out for the green glow of a Pilsner Urquell sign, oozing through the trees and beckoning you inside. Czech soldiers and airmen look in the window of...
Train Travel in the Czech Republic I’d traveled by train in the Czech Republic while living in the country for four years, and have to say it was and still is a comfortable and scenic way to travel. Especially if you go to the countryside, there are remote towns that are well intercon...
There was still plenty of good news in popular music this year, and it's all over the 31st or 32nd Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll, our largest ever hey hey hey. Any album list headed by The College Dropout, in which young Kanye West proved as deft and surprising a recalibrator of ...
“It’s just absolutely a beautiful life. . . . Paradise Cove is just what it is named--Paradise,” said Joe Hecht, 74, who has been living this life for the last 14 years. Witness life in a slice of rustic Bohemia high atop towering ocean bluffs overlooking the pricey Malibu coastlin...
“Cave restaurant”, it was redesigned from a jail. The decoration was very unique; however, she did not appreciate the service in this restaurant, and the fact that most of the other guests were other Chinese tourists takes away from the authentic experience. She notes that you cannot use ...
While The Winter's Tale is not one of Shakespeare's best-known plays today, we do know when it was likely first performed. Simon Forman, an Elizabethan astrologer, kept a journal that has survived to the present day. In this journal, Forman records seeing a production of The Winter's ...