When we first began spending time in Czechia in 2021, I envisioned that a possibility would be to purchase an apartment in Prague to use while in town and then maybe rent out while elsewhere. For various reasons this is no longer realistic for me, including the huge price increases which continue every year. In […]
Read More Prague’s Housing UnaffordabilityDuring Independence Day weekend, after helping Ben to move into his new Manhattan apartment, I kept having the phrase “New York City?!” go through my head. I hadn’t visited this wonderful “country within a country” since a work trip back in June 2001, when the World Trade Center towers still existed. I’m super-excited for this […]
Read More New York City?!Budapest is a city worth staying in for more than one week, and I now wish I had sacrificed some Bratislava time for Budapest, but maybe I’ll need to come back one day, hopefully with someone else! What an interesting and different place! I think this is also an indication to me that I need […]
Read More Thermal BathsWe’ve arrived in Prague! Wow, folks are traveling again — quite a contrast from a year ago here. The vast majority of the passengers on our flight from Munich to Prague seemed to be Americans – we’re back! We flew Lufthansa from Charlotte to Munich, which is a double-edged sword. There is another direct flight […]
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