The river Oder passes through the middle of Wrocław, and along its banks are many nice parks. Additionally, there are several other parks around the city, including a couple of very large ones. While Wrocław itself is mostly pretty and not industrial or gritty, it’s still refreshing to get out into green spaces with loads […]
Read More Nature, Festivities, a Battle vs Russians, and Language StrugglesThere’s a fantastic Polish restaurant in old town Wrocław that strongly represents its freedom and peace movement connection with a thick menu highlighting historic information and backgrounds of the various traditional Polish dishes on offer. They’ve also added some recent signage protesting Putin’s war in Ukraine. Bonus side note: So far I have managed to […]
Read More KonspiraWhile wandering Prague’s streets, you begin to learn some Czech words due to their repetition and context, such as “pozor” (caution) and “zákaz” (prohibited), as you’re often told what not to do (just like anywhere else). There is a lot of prominent Jewish history in Prague, and the historic Jewish quarter Josefov remains intact today, […]
Read More Miscellaneous PragueBelow is Major Meander’s first installment of a series on Google Maps translations of establishment reviews from foreign languages. Here, the source is a set of Google Maps reviews (translated from Czech) for a museum bistro in Prague. Today’s travel quote: Travel far enough, you meet yourself. David Mitchell
Read More Mug mugsThe contrast between my normal life in Asheville and the Eastern Europe life I’ve also enjoyed over much of the past year is quite large. But I really appreciate both lives, each with its own associated tradeoffs. It’s fun to transition between the two, frankly, and I hope to continue to be able to do […]
Read More City LifeWe’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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