{"id":3750,"date":"2015-10-31T13:09:48","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T11:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/?p=3750"},"modified":"2015-10-31T13:09:48","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T11:09:48","slug":"pilsen-second-time-is-a-charm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/10\/31\/pilsen-second-time-is-a-charm\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilsen:  Second Time is a Charm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post is mainly an update to the <a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/25\/pilsen-brewery-and-city\/\">previous post on the city and brewery at Pilsen<\/a>. \u00a0So you may want to go there first.<\/p>\n<p>Two big differences between our visit in October 2011 and October 2015:<\/p>\n<p>1) We were allowed unlimited photos on the brewery tour so I made this video:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mmL_9kLmfrk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2) \u00a0We went in to the Great Synagogue. \u00a0Here are a couple photos:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/10\/31\/pilsen-second-time-is-a-charm\/great-synagogue\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"922,691\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX600 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1447906589&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.844&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Great Synagogue\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3751\" src=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Great Synagogue, Pilsen, Czech\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Great-Synagogue.jpg 922w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/10\/31\/pilsen-second-time-is-a-charm\/synagogeglass\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"829,691\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot SX600 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1447906751&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24.126&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Synagoge Glass\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass-300x250.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3752\" src=\"http:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass-150x125.jpg\" alt=\"Synagoge Glass. Pilsen, Czech\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass-150x125.jpg 150w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass-360x300.jpg 360w, https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SynagogeGlass.jpg 829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also they were holding an excellent exhibition of WW II\u00a0photos including the real nitty-gritty of soldiers and citizens reactions to liberation. \u00a0As history (or movie) buffs know Pilsen was taken\u00a0from the Germans by the Americans under Patton while Prague had to wait for the Russians to do the honors.<\/p>\n<p>One element\u00a0that was the same as previously was our lunch at the brewery\u00a0pub; it was good authentic Czech food at good non-touristy prices&#8211;despite being billed as the highest capacity\u00a0pub in Czech Republic.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers to good beer being brewed by a giant multi-national corporation \u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is mainly an update to the previous post on the city and brewery at Pilsen. \u00a0So you may want to go there first. Two big differences between our visit in October 2011 and October 2015: 1) We were &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/10\/31\/pilsen-second-time-is-a-charm\/\">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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[60],"tags":[332,331,231,80],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2MK34-Yu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":381,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/10\/25\/pilsen-brewery-and-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":0},"title":"Pilsen: Brewery and City","author":"Michael","date":"October 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Our major goal for this extended stay is to use Prague has a home base for side trips throughout the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries in central and eastern Europe.\u00a0 The only things holding us back, of course, are the limitations of time and money. So as soon as I\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\/2011\/10\/PilsenBrewery-300x224.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":404,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2011\/11\/12\/october\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":1},"title":"October Miscellany","author":"Michael","date":"November 12, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"We are often asked what is the best month to visit.\u00a0 For Paros, Greece we say September or June; for Ireland it is June or July; for Prague, we are still learning.\u00a0 We have heard that July and August are bad because of the crowds at Charles Bridge and other\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Travel Planning&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Travel Planning","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/travel-planning\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":901,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2013\/06\/17\/my-first-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":2},"title":"My First Time","author":"Michael","date":"June 17, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"to see beer delivered to a pub by tanker truck: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The receiving\u00a0establishment, U Sadu, is in my block.\u00a0 It is very highly rated by Prague's pub aficionados but I have found it no better than a dozen others we have been too.\u00a0 Still it is nice knowing that it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/BeerTanker-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":884,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2013\/05\/16\/czech-beer-nation\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":3},"title":"Czech Beer Nation","author":"Michael","date":"May 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Today is the first day of the two week long Czech Beer Festival which I will write about after attending. \u00a0Publicity for it allowed me to discover this video from 2010. \u00a0Watch it and you will go a long way in understanding the Czech people. Cheers \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In \"beer\"","block_context":{"text":"beer","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/tag\/beer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2010\/09\/12\/a-bit-of-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":4},"title":"A bit of Russia . . .","author":"Karin","date":"September 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"One day Michael and I decided to walk up a street near our apartment called Manesova.\u00a0 It is a tree-lined street with colourful Art Nouveau buildings, many of which have been restored.\u00a0 (Manesova is named in tribute to Josef Manes, a 19th-century Czech painter of the images of the twelve\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Places&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Places","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/places\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Russian-Books-Michael-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3724,"url":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/2015\/08\/21\/strong-beer-festival\/","url_meta":{"origin":3750,"position":5},"title":"Strong Beer Festival","author":"Michael","date":"August 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I have not bothered to translate this poster because I know enough to figure out there will be plenty of strong beer and entertainment. \u00a0The brewery (and festival) is located half way between Prague and Kutna Hora.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;festivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"festivals","link":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/category\/events\/festivals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cernokosteleckie beer festival","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Cernokostelecke.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3750"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3754,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3750\/revisions\/3754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parosparadise.com\/CzechMates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}