{"id":10074,"date":"2021-01-02T14:25:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2021-01-02T14:25:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T14:25:59","slug":"czech-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2021\/01\/02\/czech-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Czechia is so enjoyable because it&#8217;s history is still visible everywhere.  It is part of everything you see and do&#8211;and eat and drink.  So in the interest of KNOW BEFORE YOU GO here is a 6 minute course in Czech history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0fXqkiL_4UM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Czechia is so enjoyable because it&#8217;s history is still visible everywhere. It is part of everything you see and do&#8211;and eat and drink. So in the interest of KNOW BEFORE YOU GO here is a 6 minute course in Czech &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2021\/01\/02\/czech-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Czech History in 6 min. video.  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Two big differences between our visit in October 2011 and October 2015: 1) We were allowed unlimited photos on the brewery tour so I made\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Destinations&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Destinations","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/destinations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3741,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/09\/24\/tram-parade\/","url_meta":{"origin":10074,"position":1},"title":"Historical Tram Parade","author":"Michael","date":"September 24, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Prague contains countless museums. \u00a0We have enjoyed most of the major ones and many of the lesser known such as the Postal Museum. \u00a0Our favourite is the Czech Museum of Music. \u00a0This year Prague Transport has been celebrating their 140th year of operation. \u00a0We did not attend any of the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":364,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/09\/24\/re-dedication-of-wilson-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":10074,"position":2},"title":"Re-dedication of Wilson station","author":"Michael","date":"September 24, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The American Friends of the Czech Republic have worked long and hard, and raised a lot of money, to rebuild (not restore) the Wilson Monument at Prague's central train station.\u00a0 They are celebrating in style between 4 and 7 October including a $250 per plate dedication dinner. 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