Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, Photography, tagged beach, boats, summer on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
An unusual event took place on the Brno Dam today. Dragon Boats. Although the races themselves don’t take very long, they attracted dozens of thousands of people. And since almost all of them watched from grass beaches, and since some of the teams were college students, there were crowds of bikini wearing college students drinking, [...]
Posted in Czech Tourism, Travel, tagged Prague, PRG, Ruzyne on May 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It is a widely known fact that cab drivers in Prague rip people off. They overcharge on airport-to-center rides and they are even worse when it comes to short rides in downtown Prague. One of them even did this to Mayor of Prague Pavel Bem who posed as an unsuspecting tourist.
I am surprised tourists even [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, Travel, tagged festivals on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
[to be updated on May 24] Among the numerous late May events thanks to which the city will never sleep (this and next week) is the Balloon Jam [left]. It attracts thousands of people, even though they only get to witness the unpacking of the balloons and the preparation works and the takeoff, which [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, tagged summer festivals on May 20, 2008 | No Comments »
Every year the City of Brno hosts a festival that is represented by a series of various cultural evens, which includes huge firework competition [Ignis Brunensis], balloon exhibition [Baloon Jam], or open-day visits at places that people in Brno normally have no chance to see. Plus, this weekend, May 24-25 it is the Museum Night, [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, tagged festivals, fireworks on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Brno will host the annual festival of firework shows known as Ignis Brunensis again. The program of the event can be seen here [in Czech only, but some readers might intuitively guess the dates, plus the times are self-evident].
The program in English was later found on the official website of the event. The atmosphere of [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, tagged architecture on May 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Red Crayfish is the oldest pharmacy in Central Europe. It can be found in downtown Brno - but now it is closed and the historical grisaille glass ornaments that were fitted in the window frames are now gone. The pharmacy is also known for its historical apothecary furniture that tourists liked to check out [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, tagged Brno Dam, castles, nudism, Veveri on May 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When staying in Brno for several days, it pays off to rent a bike and make bike trips around the Brno Dam. There are comfortable bike paths that lead not only to the Veveri Castle [here is my photo gallery], but also to nearby villages that might give the foreigners a hint on how some [...]
