{"id":316,"date":"2011-03-01T17:03:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T15:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/03\/01\/praise-for-prague\/"},"modified":"2012-11-12T10:32:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-12T09:32:35","slug":"praise-for-prague","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/03\/01\/praise-for-prague\/","title":{"rendered":"Praise for Prague"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We, Karin and Michael, have been travelling over the last three months to USA, Ireland, England and Scotland.\u00a0 All of our family and friends in those countries asked about Prague and why we liked it so much.\u00a0 The long answer would be to refer them to this blog and all the places we have been.\u00a0 The short answer, perhaps, is architecture.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Ricky Yates, a Prague expat, has posted on the same subject.\u00a0 Since we have not been posting here I will refer you to his blog which includes some great photos:\u00a0 <a title=\"Permanent Link to Prague Architecture with its amazing variety of decoration\" href=\"http:\/\/rickyyates.com\/prague-architecture-with-its-amazing-variety-of-decoration\/\">Prague Architecture with its amazing variety of decoration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that we are back in Greece and settling into a stationary life we will begin posting more about our experiences in Prague and the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We, Karin and Michael, have been travelling over the last three months to USA, Ireland, England and Scotland.\u00a0 All of our family and friends in those countries asked about Prague and why we liked it so much.\u00a0 The long answer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/03\/01\/praise-for-prague\/\">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":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,47],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-56","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10010,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2017\/09\/10\/architecture-in-prague\/","url_meta":{"origin":316,"position":0},"title":"Architecture in Prague","author":"Michael","date":"September 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"One of our favourite Prague sites just got better--by adding a very cool Google map.\u00a0 Interactive Prague Architecture Go play with it to see how it works and find links to The Prague Vitruvius , an illustrated guide to Czech architecture and heritage","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Places&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Places","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/places\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":231,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2010\/11\/01\/the-end-is-only-the-beginning\/","url_meta":{"origin":316,"position":1},"title":"The End is only the Beginning!","author":"Karin","date":"November 1, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It is now December and we are coming to the end of our first month in Prague (but not the end of the posts).\u00a0 After we arrived Prague received its first light covering of snow with the promise of more to follow!\u00a0 Since we live in Greece, on an island,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"architecture\"","block_context":{"text":"architecture","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/tag\/architecture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Michael-getting-picture-taken-for-bus-pass-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":856,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2013\/01\/09\/prague-yesteryear-now-virtual-real\/","url_meta":{"origin":316,"position":2},"title":"Prague:  Yesteryear &#038; Now &#8212;  Virtual &#038; Real","author":"Michael","date":"January 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"By Karin I admit to having a\u00a0fascination with the city of Prague. 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