How to Find Swimming Pools in Prague/Czech and Everywhere in the World

Written by cd on May 31, 2008 – 9:55 pm -

SwimmersGuide is an excellent, well-kept database of swimming pools around the world. Click on Czech-Prague to find a list of pools. Hours and prices might not be precise, but you have the address and most importantly link to the pool’s website.



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Bosna Grill - Original Cevapi and Burek for Little Price in Zizkov

Written by cd on May 28, 2008 – 6:26 am -

Meat-lovers and curious diners should not miss this simple five-table Bosnian-owned restaurant at Zizkov. They offer freshly grilled cevapi (cevapcici), minced Bosnian-style sausages. For 100 CZK, you’ll get a 175 gr of popping hot meat stuffed in pocket bread (Bosnian sarma). You can also get half portion for 50 CZK. Another variation of cevapi, spicy cevapi, is called Sis Cevap. The meat is made into longer-shaped sausage, similar to typical sausages you see in Czech restaurants. However, I don’t think the Sis Cevap are
as spicy as they are in Bosnia. Real meat-lovers can try  a combo plate of cevapi and sis cevap, Mamut, which comes in various sizes.

The cevapi is served exactly like in Sarajevo, with only onion slices dotted along the plate and no tomatoes seen in wall pictures. The proper way to savor every bite from this delicious meal is to use your hands, tearing a piece of sarma bread, picking the sausage and feeling the juiciness in your mouth and the grease on your fingers. Yummy!

And you know how they really eat this meal in Bosnia? They wash it down with plain, thick white yogurt instead of beer, soda as people here in Czech do quite often. 

Tasty, healthy salads are surprisingly cheap as well for only 35 CZK a bowl.

Cevapis are everyday dish but Bosnian pies (burek, meat pies; prompirusa, potato pies; sirnica, cheese pies) comes only on Thursday on daily menu. There is a little bit of something for sweet-toothers too. For 40 CZK, you can indulge yourself with Bosnian’s extra-sweet baklava and apple cakes.

Bosna Grill. Restaurace, Balkánská kuchyně. Havlíčkovo náměstí 4 Praha 3 13000.
Metro: (Line C) Hlavní Nádraží. Tram: 05, 09, 26 (Stop: Lipanská). [Map]
Website: Bosna Grill
Hours: 10 to 23


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Albrecht of Wallenstein’s celebration

Written by cd on May 14, 2008 – 5:20 am -

Town Jičín invites you for a trip to the 17.th century. In honour of coming of esteemed duke Albrrecht of Wallestein It holds knight jousts, banquets, shows of musicians and jugglers, theatre performance, baroque sports and games as well as show of latest art and science. All of this you can experience in residential town Jicin and it’s surroundings.

Jicin is a town in the Hradec Králové Region of the Czech Republic.

Jičín has been declared a Municipal Reserve because of its well-preserved historical centre, built around a rectangular square with a regular Gothic street layout, remnants of fortifications and arcade Renaissance and Baroque houses. The town is also connected with the popular fairy-tale character of Rumcajs.

Wallenstein’s celebration will be from

23.5. to 25.5. of May. The main part of celebration takes on Saturday 24.5.

Program - Saturday 24.5.

  • 8.30 Official Start of Celebration
  • 8.50 Historical Dancing
  • 9.00 Opening of Jicin Castle
  • 9.20 Theater Preference

  • 10.15 Historical Performance

  • 10.45 Arrival of Albrecht of Wallenstein’s group, Greeting of visitors arriving by Steam Train from Prague, Historical
    Performances

  • 12.00 – 18.00 Theater, music ,dance performances on Wallenstein’s square in Jicin and in Jicin Castle various interactive program for children and adults including various baroque games, baroque marionette theater, painting,…

  • 20.45 Big final march though the city, official end of the day, Kepller fireworks

The entire day will be on Wallenstein’s square big historical market and exhibition of Wallenstein’s military group and the simulated fights.

Transportation:

Busses from Cerny Most, Prague to Jicin. Bus drive takes approximately 1 hour 30 minutes.

Pictures from previous years

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