Botanicus, A Czech Based Natural Beauty Brand

Botanicus is a Czech organic brand with a wide range of products for your skin, hair and home. Their retail shop in Prague is an absolute dream. When you walk in you can smell all the different teas and herbs they offer as you browse though their gorgeous products. It is mainly a soap and...

LIFESTYLE, Shopping

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August 28, 2017

Delicious Czech Style Spa Wafers

Oplatky or Wafers are something Czech people are not known well enough for. Czechs have been making wafers since before the 1800s when in almost every spa they would make the wafers and then sprinkle them with sugar for spa guests daily. Not like the traditional wafers found in the US, these Czech spa wafers...

Food, LIFESTYLE

August 19, 2017

Egoist – A Hipster Designer Boutique in Prague

Egoist is a multi-brand boutique in Prague 1 which sells accessories and clothing for both men and women. Even though they carry many brands, they specifically choose interesting (but not over the top) statement pieces for the new generation of the populations known as ‘hipsters’ and people who enjoy being comfortable while looking good. Egoist...

LIFESTYLE, Shopping

August 16, 2017

Eco-Friendly Czech Chata Alternative In a Container Hotel

The talented young architects at ARTIKUL used shipping containers to design a small mobile hotel. Near Litomerice, Czech Republic, their first location is on a surf campsite at the Elbe riverbank. The task for the architects was to design a mobile, easily demountable, seasonal hotel made from three shipping containers. Additionally, the building was supposed...

Architecture, CULTURE

August 15, 2017

Find Out How Well You Know The City of Prague

The beautiful city of Prague is becoming more and more popular each day. The amazing architecture, foamy Czech beers, lively squares, gorgeous libraries, delicious foods and its magical beauty are finally allowing our city to gain its rightful recognition – making airline tickets to Prague harder to come by (and much more costly)! We’re so...

PLACES, Prague

August 10, 2017

David Černýs St. Wenceslas in The Lucerna Passage

If you have ever visited Prague, you have surly been to – or at least heard about – Wenceslas Square, one of the main city squares in Prague. At one end of the square stands Prague’s National Museum and a monument dedicated King (and later, Saint) Wenceslas, who was so famous that Czechs named a day...

Art and Design, CULTURE

August 3, 2017

Lovely Czech Style Flower Folk Art Purse

Today I came across a nice little Czech style flowery folk art inspired purse. A little handbag that looks like it comes straight from Moravia. This lovely little folk art flower embroidery bag is a vegan faux leather purse. It is made from toxic-free vegan faux leather that is biodegradable, recyclable and environmentally friendly. The ornate...

LIFESTYLE, Shopping

August 1, 2017

Insight Into a Czech Home: Apartment Style Living

In this post we will be discussing apartment living in the city of Prague. In the newer apartments some of the things we will be mentioning will not apply, now we will be focusing on the older apartments of Prague. First lets start off with the outside appearance… each building in Prague is painted a...

PLACES, Prague

July 27, 2017

A Trip to The Prague Beer Museum

Perhaps it is because Czechs seriously grow up watching beer drinking throughout their family, ask almost any older generation Czech and they will have memories of being five or six and going down to the local pub alone to ask the bartender to refill a pitcher of beer for their parents, it’s just the way...

Beer, LIFESTYLE

July 17, 2017

Insight Into a Czech Home: Washing Dishes

What I love most about visiting different places and having international visitors stay at our home is seeing the cultural differences in some of the most day to day things, things like doing the laundry or washing dishes. That is the exact reason we created this blog, to educate Americans and foreigners of the way...

Food, LIFESTYLE

July 11, 2017

A Throwback Poem – Memories of Prague

Because our schedule has been packed with visitors and work, we have not been posting here as we usually do, but recently as I was cleaning out my old files I found a short poem I wrote when we arrived home from Prague the first time we went. The poem is simply a collection of...

History, NOSTALGIA

June 30, 2017

Family Fun at The Mirror Labyrinth on Petřín Hill

Located right beside the Petřín Tower, this mirror maze is located on Petřín Hill in a historic building that actually looks like a miniature Castle. Upon purchasing your tickets you enter a corridor of mirrors that resembles a magician’s labyrinth with gold framed mirrors and dim lighting. This is the perfect attraction to take the...

PLACES, Prague

June 24, 2017

Watch This Fairytale: Tři Bratři or Three Brothers

Three Brothers or Tři Bratři is a Czech movie that intertwines three classic Czech fairytales, what we know here as Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, and The Twelve Months into one beautiful to look at film. The movie begins with famous Czech actor Oldřich Kaiser drawing illustrations in a book, the pictures in this book are...

ENTERTAINMENT, Movies

June 11, 2017

How to Address People in the Czech Language

Believe it or not, the Czech language is one of the easiest to learn, with only a few little hurdles you’ll need to overcome – one of them being pronunciation. The Czech alphabet has 41 letters, some of which are not pronounced the same in Czech as they are in English, take for example the...

PEOPLE, TresBohemes

May 30, 2017

Popular English Proverbs in The Czech Language

Proverbs and sayings are something that people have used throughout the centuries to describe their feelings and state their opinions. Such short sayings can be funny, witty, and truthful. Some people live by them, while others don’t even realize how much they use them. Czech people use proverbs just as much as Americans, if not more, but a lot of them don’t...

PEOPLE, TresBohemes

May 29, 2017

The Uniqueness of Czech Character

Today we are sharing a wonderful guest post on Czech character by Mila Rechcigl. The images included in the post were selected by me… An uninformed person may wonder what is so special about the Czech character. Let me assure you at the outset that it really exists. I should know, being a Czech myself, and...

Bohemians, PEOPLE