Beer, Beers, and more Beers

We had some young friends visiting from England who wanted to try typical Czech food along with a selection of Czech beers.  So I consulted my favourite web site for such matters:  Prague Beer Garden  We chose Pivovarsky Klub because one of us wanted to try banana beer which they had.  We had good food and a selection of six beers on tap—your typical Czech pub only has 2 or 3 from the same brewery.  For the next two days my friend Ben kept repeating how much he enjoyed those beers.

TastingTraySo we decided to try the ultimate in selection, The Beer Museum.  Based upon what I had read previously I had thought of this pub as a Prague institution.  I was a little worried when I could not find it on Google Street View but I knew it had to be there so we ventured out after dinner one night.  (I later found out that they celebrated their one year anniversary in October 2011.)

Sure enough it was easy to find on Dlouha Street in Old Town.  We were delighted to discover that they had tasting trays of five brews each.  (150 ml from 17 Kc up, .65 Euro).  It took three trays for all of us to pick a favourite which we then ordered in standard sizes.  It was great fun comparing and contrasting and taking snapshots of faces showing those we liked and those that we didn’t.  Smile with tongue out  Sad smile

TastingThis photo is of our selections and rating system.  By consensus the bottom was Real Deal Ale and the top was Ferdinand Sedm Kuli.  Their selection is always changing so let us know your favourite when you visit.

By the way don’t go here for food; they don’t offer much and most comes from a fast food place around the corner.

Na zdraví,     Mug

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October

We are often asked what is the best month to visit.  For Paros, Greece we say September or June; for Ireland it is June or July; for Prague—we are still learning.  We have heard that July and August are bad because of the crowds at Charles Bridge and other tourist centers.  Therefore we were surprised in October to see crowds on Charles Bridge and Old Town!

Of course the good side of that is the city is alive and active the year around.  We found the beer garden nearly empty in October but on a sunny day the park paths are busy with strolling people.  So below are a few photos and comments to demonstrate October in Prague and environs.

Vojanovy

This is the secret garden Vojanovy surrounded by historical buildings in Malastrana.

 

PragueBalloon

Balloon rides over the Kafka Museum and Pissing Men

 

FarmersMarketRaspberries

 

 

Farmer’s Markets two days per week!  The berries are about €1.35 or $1.88 per basket.

 

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River dining (River cruises are active year around.)

 

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Karin sun bathing at Riegrovy with Beer Garden in background.

 

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Me enjoying the beer and the garden.

 

 

 

Struedel

On occasion it will be cold or rainy.  Then we enjoy the interiors of coffee shops.  More on coffee culture here, but please notice Coffee Heaven is now Costa Coffee

Please email with any questions or comments.

Cheers

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National Museum and Wilson Revisited

O.K. Shoot me, I am negligently late in updating the previous post Re-dedication of Wilson station    We are just having too much fun going places to stay home and focus on blog presentation.  Oh Yes, I also have work to do hosting villas and workshops on Paros.  See my latest web page for a week of Art & Antiquities in Greece.

Karin, however, is quite disciplined at organizing and commenting on her photos in Picasa albums.  I will catch you up with some of those soon, I hope.

WoodrowWilson

 

Meanwhile here is the unveiled Woodrow Wilson statue.  It is quite magnificent and well placed in front of the main railway station.  By the way, Karin has photos and comments on the station here

 

Dignateries

 

The ceremony was quite interesting with relatively short speeches by these dignitaries including President Vaclav Klaus (2nd from right).   However, it was on the long side because everything was said in both Czech and English.  The USA Ambassador was sooo american.

 

A few days later we decided to drop in on the advertised Wilson/Masaryk exhibition at the New Building of the National Museum.  Whoa, we got there mid-morning and it was closed tighter than a drum despite the open hours sign on the door indicating they should be open.  No explanation that we could see—nor could the other people trying to get in.  What makes this noteworthy is that this is the second time we have visited this building and the second time they were closed during announced open hours.  My message: Don’t trust the National Museum!

The saga continues.  In follow up research the New Building had nothing listed for Wilson but there was an exhibition at the National Memorial on Vitkov Hill.  Plus they too were going to unveil the newly refurbished statue of Jan Zizka, Czech general from the 15th century.  So we hiked up the steep hill for that ceremony.  The exhibition was disappointing because it was a series of sound recordings of political speeches and organised in no order that I could determine from the limited English included.  We did watch an entertaining presentation by three weapons enthusiasts of late medieval sword fighting and the first use of gunpowder.  The statue was certainly impressive; said to be the largest equestrian statue in the world.

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