Tag: prague
What’s up with Prague’s emergency sirens?
If you visit Prague at the right time, you may be treated to the confusing and frightening sounds of air raid sirens going off all over the city. The deafening warning sirens are a hold-over from a time when you couldn’t get safety updates from city authorities via Twitter. But the system is still very…
Prague winter
Prague is widely considered one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. I’ve now been here for three seasons, and I still have yet to get bored of how stunning it is from every angle. But nothing is quite as spectacular as Prague winter. Prague looks absolutely beautiful when it’s blanketed with snow, and almost…
Getting concert tickets in Prague
Concerts are almost as important to me as traveling. I’m used to getting all my last minute tickets on StubHub and Craigslist, but you won’t find concert tickets that way in the Czech Republic. Thankfully, you can still find your way into any show… most of the time. Here is how. Viagogo Though there is…
Antique-hunting in Prague
I promised a friend back home that I would find him an ushanka – one of those Soviet era fur hats. If you’ve ever been to Prague, you know those are a dime a dozen, but all the ones they sell in souvenir shops are reproductions. Determined to find an old, original one, I went…
Things I missed about Prague
I’ve only been back in Prague a little over a day, and I’ve been slowly re-integrating into a culture and lifestyle that is still largely foreign to me. But it didn’t take very long for me to settle into the comforts of my favorite Prague things. These are some of the things that I love…
Explaining to someone in Prague what Miami is like
I’ve been out of Miami and the US long enough that being here feels just a wee bit out of the ordinary. And for me, it’s highlighted some of the idiosyncrasies of both Prague and Miami. Particularly since the Czech Republic is so different from the rest of Europe, and because Miami is so different…
