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Prague: Yesteryear & Now — Virtual & Real

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By Karin

57 Lada by Prague CastleI admit to having a fascination with the city of Prague. So much so that I spend a lot of time wandering around this delightful city, looking at the architecture, the layout of the streets, the parks, the churches, the statues. I am curious about name changes over the past century; i.e. bridges, metro stations, squares. I have found myself wondering what this city was actually like “long ago”. There are so many layers of history here, and I want to “see” it all.

Miss USA 57’ Charlotte Sheffield near Skoda 450 – Prague Castle, photo by Vilém Heckel

So when not in the city I spend hours in front of my computer. I love research and have found answers to so many of my questions…some of which I found in the links below.

Recently Michael discovered  Lost and Found In Prague on Twitter.  It is a collection of photos, posters and art of days gone by.  Browse until you find the singers on YouTube–a cultural experience.

Old postcards are another way to discover what Prague was like in the past.  This site is huge, and takes you all over the entire city.  You can choose one section of the city at a time.  

And for those of you who like to see before and after WW II pictures, you will find this site interesting:  http://www.ww2inprague.com/before-and-after

Have fun getting to know Prague, the old, the new, and the before and after!

WW2 tank and today shopping

Help a Hungary Gourmet

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While living in a small town in the west of Ireland Karin and I still keep in contact with Prague and Czech happenings — making a long list of places to visit upon our return.

We get many mouth-watering offerings from the Lime & Tonic coupon site.  In fact some of our very best meals in Prague have been from using their major discount offers.  Now I have been notified that my credit balance with them is about to expire.  Whoas me! 🙁

Lime & Tonic offerBut there is hope!  I can extend my account into March (when we hope to be back in Prague) by referring someone who registers with them — no purchase necessary.  So, if you are not already signed-up with Lime & Tonic, please take this opportunity to do so.  Even if you don’t find the affordable deals that we did, you can day dream over the luxury offers.

Here is the link:  Lime & Tonic

Cheers,

Another Tradition Dies

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Christmas crowds in Prague

The punc(h) will be taken from the grog* this holiday season at the many outdoor Christmas markets around Prague and the Czech Republic.

The government has announced they will  strictly enforce existing laws prohibiting non-licensed vendors from selling drinks with alcohol content higher than 15 percent.  So you will have to go to a licensed premises to get anything stronger than hot mulled wine.

I can’t rant against this government directive because there is a legitimate need to monitor the source of alcohol based upon last September’s crisis that saw all sales of spirits halted for many days.  Unscrupulous bootleggers had sold various kinds of spirits that contained poisonous methanol which since then has killed 37 people and seriously injured many others.

I am hoping creative entrepreneurs will come up with some new drink that is festive yet below the maximum alcohol content.  I had my first beer cocktail in Prague and it was pretty good.

*For the un-initiated Grog is rum, water, lemon and sugar and Punc is hot spiced wine with fruit juice and rum.

hot drinks at a local Prague Christmas market

 

These are the type of local stalls that will have to come up with something new.  Notice our Ziskov tower in the upper right.

 

Missing Prague

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We have not been posting due to the joys of travel:  visiting friends and family, time consumed on the road, irregular internet service and the like.  We are now settling into a new, if temporary, home in Ennis, Ireland.  So here is a post.

As we have written before we love Mexican food–as long as it has authentic taste.  I think we have also praised the web site Expats.cz.  Now we have a two for one; an Expat.cz article about the Mexacali Hot Shop.  Click the link to read the excellent article by Ginny Contreras or go directly to Mexicka¡ kuchyna to order on line.