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

  • Austria,  Easter,  Family Travel,  Spring,  Travel

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

    March 29, 2024 /

    Happy Easter, friends! Last week was a continuation of all the good things from Week 10 as we took a little trip for a change of scenery to Vienna. We haven’t travelled anywhere since October and coming off of how magical Rome was last March, we wanted to have at least a little holiday on my last maternity leave year over spring break. Not having travelled since the little one was 16 months old and is now 21 months old was a great excuse in itself to do so. We want to raise a flexible and adaptable child who can sleep and be at other places without raising much of…

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    This Festive Season

    December 20, 2019

    Das Sommerhaus (Getting to Know Vienna)

    July 17, 2021

    Language Progress + Thoughts on Solo Travel

    November 21, 2019
  • czech culture,  Czech Republic

    8 Peculiar Czech Cultural Habits (& Book Giveaway!)

    May 28, 2022 /

    Lately (between baby books of which there are many), I’ve been reading Culture Smart!‘s guide to Czech customs as they approached me to test out their new Czech Republic guide. I have to admit I was initially skeptical about a guide to Czech culture written by a foreigner – I was worried that it may be written by an expat who’s lived in Prague for a couple years and suddenly fancies themselves an expert on the topic but I was entirely relieved to see that the author was Kevan Vogler of one of the OG Czech expat blogs, Beyond Prague. An actual sigh of relief – if there’s anyone who’s…

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    Autumn Lockdown Feels Like

    November 25, 2020

    My Two-and-a-Half Year Maternity Leave in the Czech Republic

    February 12, 2025

    This Festive Season

    December 20, 2019
  • Czech Republic,  Daily Life,  Film,  Language Learning,  Lifestyle,  Winter

    My Winter Joys, Goals, & Other Things

    February 12, 2021 /

    How’s that for a title after that last post? Thank you for your nice words and reaching out; I’m feeling a bit better these days. The photo taken above was at our annual half-term cafe day at the mid-point of the school year, this time taking place on a bench in my favorite square. I like this photo because even though I wasn’t doing well, I wasn’t going to not participate in this annual tradition – you’d have to drag me away. It seems somehow hopeful. Typically I really like January (and this one has been lovely!), and even though it hasn’t been easy, I can’t but help still feeling…

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    Autumn Celebrations + A Delicious Drink {Recipe}

    November 14, 2021

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

    December 12, 2021

    On Silencing the Noise

    April 20, 2020
  • Autumn,  Czech Republic,  Daily Life,  Thoughts

    October, Lately

    October 15, 2020 /

    This October – different from all other Octobers. The last of the warm early autumn weather has faded away and it definitely feels like fall now. I caught a bit of a nostalgia wave this week, as I am wont to do in the autumn. Eleven years ago I was visiting one of my best friends in Berlin for two weeks, having the time of my life. Ten years ago was another one of the best Octobers on record with epic festivals, parties, being one of maybe twenty-five people to see one of my favorite bands play Sunset Tavern in Ballard, Seattle. Eight years ago, living the Scottish life as…

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    Autumn Lockdown Feels Like

    November 25, 2020

    It’s November (Life Lately)

    November 2, 2019

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    November 11, 2023
  • Daily Life,  Eats,  Herbalism,  Recipe,  Summer

    Three-Day Seasonal Eating Menu: Late Summer

    September 6, 2020 /

    Here in South Bohemia, like many other parts of the country (and maybe where you live, too), we are lucky to have a bounty of gorgeous vegetables in season this time of year. Five or six years ago I subscribed to our CSA (community-supported agriculture) vegetable box which is usually only available about May-late October, and it has provided us with such delicious organic produce over the years, some vegetables that were totally unknown to me before coming here. (Achocha? Kohlrabi? I had never eaten both in my life!) In between boxes, I’m always at the bi-weekly farmer’s market picking up eggs (especially), fruit and whatever else looks good or…

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    Late Spring / Early Summer

    June 25, 2020

    Weeks 40-44 of 2024 (Year in Review) – OCTOBER, Lately

    November 19, 2024

    Life, Lately: Autumn With a One-Year-Old

    November 11, 2023
  • Czech Republic,  Film,  Karlovy Vary

    Looking Back on KVIFF: Film Festival Memories

    July 6, 2020 /

    It doesn’t really feel like summer in the Czech Republic for us without KVIFF – the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. We’ve been attending nearly every year since we arrived here and as you may have guessed, they made the wise decision to cancel what would have been the 55th edition taking place this week. It hasn’t all been a no-film doom and gloom scenario, though. As I’ve raved about on social media, KVIFF participated in the We Are One Global Film Festival in late May, along with something like sixteen other festivals (such as Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, etc) and it was such an incredibly enriching experience to have…

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

    May 14, 2020

    Valentine’s Day in Prague

    February 21, 2020

    A Little Post about Olomouc, Czech Republic

    October 11, 2021
  • Germany,  Travel,  TravelTips

    Our Germany Travel Wish Lists

    May 2, 2020 /

    The Corona Age is heralding in a new phase of travel — domestic and local. No longer are we dreaming of going abroad this summer (okay, maybe just a little as there are rumors of the borders to Austria and Slovakia opening by July in some capacity – eyes are peeled) but it seems much safer, if you’re planning to do any travel this summer, to make that trip one of a local variety. What a great opportunity to start dreaming of places to go, then? My imagination had already started running wild when I made the 8 Places on my Czech Republic Wish List. But then Heather, a former…

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    Germany and Denmark’s North Sea Coast (with a Two-Year-Old)

    October 13, 2024

    Week 31 & 32 of 2024 (Year in Review) – On Holiday in Germany with a Two Year Old

    August 25, 2024
  • Czech Republic,  Travel,  TravelTips

    What My Czech Republic Travel List Looks Like These Days

    April 3, 2020 /

    And no… I’m not going to call it my Czech list. It’s been interesting to see that different people are coping with this pandemic situation in different ways. Some people are writing and communicating a lot more than usual. Some people prefer not to mention it and have pretty much stopped posting on social media. Everyone’s confused. Nobody knows how to plan anything anymore. I mean, when this headline came out (“Czech borders could be closed as long as two years”) came out earlier last week, many of us were bummed. Upon discussion with a few other people about this terrible two year announcement, most people think that the borders…

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    Surviving March, Pt. II: Embracing #MaskLife

    March 21, 2020

    Can Český Krumlov Survive the Pandemic?

    April 1, 2022

    Autumn Celebrations + A Delicious Drink {Recipe}

    November 14, 2021
  • 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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    Language Progress + Thoughts on Solo Travel

    November 21, 2019

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

    March 29, 2024

    Das Sommerhaus (Getting to Know Vienna)

    July 17, 2021
  • Destinations

    September 27, 2019 /

    A directory of all places I have written about since this adventure (and blog) began in 2012, in order of their appearance. Please pardon the mess while all the new links are added! (Check the archives or search in the meantime) glasgow arisaig isle of eigg isle of skye oban farmlands isle of iona & mull isle of islay edinburgh best memories of scotland hello, londonthe bb bakery bus tourbrixtonlondon during the holidaysthe cotswoldshow to get your dog to the UK from the EU two weeks in paris one & two 9 day itinerary what to do in autumn in paris a montmartre story when travel is scary: return from…

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adventurings is a blog by cynthia, an american living in the czech republic.

sustainable seasonal urban living / slow travel / minimalism / recipes / musings / expat life

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