{"id":372,"date":"2011-10-12T17:25:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T15:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/12\/why-prague-part-two\/"},"modified":"2015-06-20T10:57:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-20T08:57:08","slug":"why-prague-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/12\/why-prague-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Prague, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I wrote a couple paragraphs on why we like Prague so much.\u00a0 But now I can&#8217;t find it!\u00a0 It was along the lines of architectural beauty everywhere you look plus something to see and do everyday all in a compact city that is easy to navigate.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/12\/why-prague-part-two\/farmersmarket1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FarmersMarket1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-667\" title=\"FarmersMarket1\" src=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Farmer's Market at Jiri z Podebrad square\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Now in our first 24 hours back we discovered a new set of reasons to love Prague &#8212; our local neighborhood.\u00a0 First, in our same block a dirty old pub has been converted into an Indian restaurant.\u00a0 Not the fine dining kind like the India Jewel in Ungelt but a local good value place that you can return to often.\u00a0 However, the cloud to this silver lining is that every time we walk by and sometimes through our open window we are subjected to enticing smells of Indian cooking spices.\u00a0 We are going to get so fat!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"668\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/12\/why-prague-part-two\/farmersmarket2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FarmersMarket2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-668\" title=\"FarmersMarket2\" src=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"frutis and vegetables at farmer's market Prague\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/FarmersMarket2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Our second discovery is that our local square, Jiriho z Podebad has a Farmer&#8217;s Market every Saturday morning.\u00a0 There are tempting goodies here as well but at least we can balance them with lush looking vegetables.\u00a0 They have the seasonal drink <em>bur\u010d\u00e1k<\/em>\u00a0but we have not sampled it yet because it seems to early in the day when we are there.<\/p>\n<p>More later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I wrote a couple paragraphs on why we like Prague so much.\u00a0 But now I can&#8217;t find it!\u00a0 It was along the lines of architectural beauty everywhere you look plus something to see and do everyday all in a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/12\/why-prague-part-two\/\">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":[13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-60","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":303,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2010\/12\/20\/christmas-memories-2009\/","url_meta":{"origin":372,"position":0},"title":"Christmas Memories 2009","author":"Karin","date":"December 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Last year, Michael and I spent our second Christmas in Prague.\u00a0 Our first stay the year before was only a brief visit of 10 days whereas our second time was much longer -- November through February. 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