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tales from urban bohemia & finding a simpler pace of life in the czech republic

  • Czech Republic,  Daily Life,  Travel,  TravelTips,  Winter

    Surviving March + Thoughts on Traveling “These Days”

    March 11, 2020 /

    Ahoj, friends. I spent much of February reading the novel, Station Eleven. I didn’t know what it was about at all when I picked it up as it was part of a book club, but man — this one was a doozy! It dealt with the topic of a worldwide influenza pandemic (not a spoiler) and really got me thinking about what I would do if the same situation happened to us now. Every night I would read a little bit before going to bed, wake up and read the news and feel like it was all starting to blur together. The timing of this read was all a bit…

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    May, Lately + More Thoughts of Traveling “These Days”

    May 14, 2020

    Autumn Celebrations + A Delicious Drink {Recipe}

    November 14, 2021

    Can Český Krumlov Survive the Pandemic?

    April 1, 2022
  • Czech Republic,  Prague,  TravelTips,  Winter

    Valentine’s Day in Prague

    February 21, 2020 /

    Even though this is my eighth winter in the Czech Republic, I still have never spent Valentine’s Day in Prague before. Valentine’s Day isn’t even the traditional Czech “day of love” (that would be the 1st of May) but you can’t deny that it is certainly has completely caught on! I know it’s a divisive day, with the main criticism that it is too commercialized, but my feeling is that it is whatever you want it to be. And who doesn’t love a chance to go celebrate a day of love and togetherness with someone special? After working (even during our half-term break! More on that in the next post…)…

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    Autumn Lockdown Feels Like

    November 25, 2020

    A Little Post about Olomouc, Czech Republic

    October 11, 2021

    When You Miss the Country Right Outside Your Window (+ Holiday Plans)

    December 12, 2021
  • Bad Ischl
    Austria,  Budějovice,  Christmas,  TravelTips,  Winter

    An Austrian Alpine Holiday

    January 4, 2020 /

    As it’s the last weekend of the holiday season, so a perfect opportunity to share a little bit about 2019’s holiday season and our Christmas spent in the Salzkammergut. Before we left, we had a nice relaxing weekend wrapping up the work year and taking in some tunes and last punches in our beautiful square. On our way home from doing some Saturday morning errands, I noticed a tree in the park near our house full of fruits and things tied on with a sign. (Below, with the message “Christmas tree for homeless people – Have a beautiful Christmas”) I love when whimsy and kindness intersect and to see this…

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    Das Sommerhaus (Getting to Know Vienna)

    July 17, 2021

    Language Progress + Thoughts on Solo Travel

    November 21, 2019

    Week 11 & 12 of 2024 (In Review): Vienna

    March 29, 2024
  • Life Abroad,  Travel,  Yearly Recap

    Year of Life & Travels: 2019

    December 28, 2019 /

    Hello all! Hope you had beautiful holidays if you were celebrating! The Czech celebrating period seems to go for about two weeks so I am still enjoying the beautiful downtime, lit candles, all of our decorations and tree – this time is honestly one of my absolute favorites of the whole year, even though Christmas is over. We’ve just had a nice holidays in the Salzkammergut lake region of Austria, not very far at all from Salzburg (but in the smaller villages). I will post about it soon but I wanted to get to the annual and much anticipated (by me, if nobody else) ‘Year in Life and Travels’, 2019…

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    Week 45-48 of 2024 (Year in Review) – NOVEMBER + Reflecting on Being in the Czech Republic for 12 Years

    December 9, 2024

    A Broad, Abroad: Secrets for Traveling Europe on a Budget

    January 25, 2014

    May, Lately + More Thoughts of Traveling “These Days”

    May 14, 2020
  • Austria,  Christmas,  czech culture,  Life Abroad,  Thoughts,  Winter

    This Festive Season

    December 20, 2019 /

    Sometimes people ask me if I’m going back to the States for Christmas and the answer always seems to be… no. Don’t get me wrong, I deeply enjoy being back in my hometown for the holidays, away from the big city bustle. Every year when we would get on that on-ramp away from Seattle, there was something incredibly peaceful about driving north on I-5 and watching the sprawl slip away. Driving around the island on Christmas Day, Sufjan Stevens‘ album always playing on the car stereo. The white skies, tall evergreens, the sea. Again, I have to use the word peaceful, but a certain, specific peace only this kind of…

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    July 17, 2021

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    March 29, 2024

    Language Progress + Thoughts on Solo Travel

    November 21, 2019
  • Austria,  Autumn,  Language Learning,  Thoughts,  Travel

    Language Progress + Thoughts on Solo Travel

    November 21, 2019 /

    “That was a really good lesson. I felt like we sort of… are getting it now, you know?” A moment Alex and I shared after our Czech lesson today. We started taking Czech language seriously in autumn 2015 – that means it’s been now over four years of really studying the language. Before that, I had taken a couple classes sporadically the year I first arrived although they didn’t amount to much as I was a total beginner in a class with people who clearly had some sort of grasp on the language and a teacher who couldn’t explain Czech grammar in my native tongue. Four years of serious study!…

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    March 29, 2024

    This Festive Season

    December 20, 2019
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    An Austrian Alpine Holiday

    January 4, 2020
  • Iceland,  Lifestyle,  Thoughts,  TravelTips

    7 Things to Do When You REALLY Miss a Place – Homesickness Cures

    February 2, 2019 /

    I am an expert place-misser and I know many of you can relate! You go around the world and leave your heart in so many places, with many people, and then go back to where you live and just sort of slump around for awhile in those periods of heavy homesickness. And hey, homesickness isn’t just for your hometown. Travelers, wanderers and expats all know that the concept of home is a tad bit more complicated than that. Without a doubt, I believe it can be in another place where you leave your heart and it hurts not to be there sometimes… especially when you’re fresh from a trip to…

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  • Czech Republic,  Prague,  Travel,  TravelTips

    So, You’re Going to Prague? (A Mini-Guide of my Favorites)

    May 12, 2016 /

    prague is now europe’s fifth most visited city as of 2016, surpassed by only london, paris, istanbul, and rome. so chances are, if you haven’t already been, you might be planning on going to prague soon, especially since summer’s coming up. i get a few emails and comments about what to do in prague, and man, that’s a hard question to answer in an email, let alone a comment! so! consider this post my e-mail to you about my favorite things and places to visit in the city.  this is by no means an exhaustive guide (hah) but rather just my favorite places that i’ve been to loads of times and like…

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    8 Peculiar Czech Cultural Habits (& Book Giveaway!)

    May 28, 2022

    A Little Post about Olomouc, Czech Republic

    October 11, 2021

    Is the Czech Republic the Dog-Friendliest Country in Europe?

    July 19, 2020
  • Budějovice,  Czech Republic,  Life Abroad,  South Bohemia,  Travel,  TravelTips

    A Local’s Guide to České Budějovice

    June 2, 2015 /

    When I moved to Budějovice (international alias, Budweis) in 2013, there was almost no information online about this place, save for an extremely scant Lonely Planet blurb (and thank goodness for that!). Moving somewhere sight-unseen without knowing any information or what is actually there is a little unsettling, which is why I have for you this “visitor’s guide to České Budějovice” (pronounced chess-kay bood-yay-yo-vit-suh), written by a “new local”. As tourists have started to discover this city, more and more info is thankfully online, but I still present to you this guide I have written and keep updated. Whether you are looking into studying here, moving here, or maybe even making…

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    May, Lately + More Thoughts of Traveling “These Days”

    May 14, 2020

    Weeks 23-26 of 2024 (In Review) – The Month of June

    June 27, 2024

    A Winter Cafe Day (with JORD)

    February 3, 2020
  • Czech Republic,  Travel,  TravelTips

    Czech Republic’s Must-See UNESCO Sites

    March 10, 2015 /

    sometimes it feels like you may have all but exhausted the travel opportunities in your immediate surroundings. when this feeling strikes, turning to a list of UNESCO heritage sites in your vicinity makes for some great trip (or even day trip) inspirado. i am unofficially trying to see all (or as many possible) of the UNESCO sites in czech republic. here are some that i’ve already checked off my list, and some more that i’m hoping to see in the future… PRAGUE’S HISTORIC CITY CENTER why is it UNESCO? it’s one of the most important and best preserved medieval city centers in europe! in few other places in the world…

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