Category Archives: Prague

PACED BICYCLE RACES

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

For some reason, I paused at this picture while looking through my pics of last year’s visit to Prague (and, inevitably, my childhood mecca, the National Technical Museum). This is a pace motorcycle exhibited in that Museum. Motor vehicles have … Continue reading →

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THE CZECH ADVENTURE – CHAPTER 4

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

August 12th is another nice day – sunny and warm.  We have plans for more bumming around Prague, this time to take in the Castle, my old neighborhood and, in the afternoon, the National Technical Museum, a holy shrine near … Continue reading →

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THE CZECH ADVENTURE – CHAPTER 3

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

August 11th is brighter than the 10th.  The day is dedicated to bumming around Prague.  There are a few indispensable places to visit, otherwise the plan is simply to enjoy ourselves and to drink in the atmosphere. We’re up comparatively … Continue reading →

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THE CZECH ADVENTURE – CHAPTER TWO

Posted on September 11, 2011 by

BUMMING AROUND PRAGUE We arrive in Prague pretty much on time.  I don’t know about anyone else, but I had been squirming the last three hours of the flight to ease the discomfort in my lower back.  Saw a couple … Continue reading →

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THE CZECH ADVENTURE – CHAPTER 1

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

UP TO NEW YORK Before returning to the Czech Republic after my first and only visit in 1995, I had good cause to be concerned for my mental state.  When we had first arrived in Prague in 1995 – thirty … Continue reading →

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THOSE BATTY CZECHS!

Posted on November 28, 2010 by

The Czech news site iDNES reports that the Czechs are recognized as pioneers in the study of bats (Chiroptera).  Chiroptera is the second-largest mammalian order, with over a thousand species.  And so it is appropriate that over 500 of the … Continue reading →

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THE FATE OF EGOMANIACS

Posted on May 30, 2009 by

We have by now been treated to many different manifestations of Barack Obama’s egomania. There were the faux Greek columns and similar displays, there are claims such as “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for,” there are grandiose world … Continue reading →

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LEST WE FORGET THE RIGHTEOUS…

Posted on May 17, 2009 by

The Czech news Website iDNES reports that, on May 16, 2009, an old man named Nicholas Winton blew out a hundred candles on his birthday cake in the Czech Embassy in London. His birthday is actually on May 19, but … Continue reading →

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