Czech Republic

Oddities from the Eastern Bloc

Prague Header Alright! Now we’re getting the hang of it! I hope you guys are liking the new shorter posts. I certainly know that I am! Let’s keep the momentum going by taking a look at some of the stranger things we found in Prague!

The captions are where the magic happens, so click on a pic to get the full story.

Not sure why, but the wife REALLY wanted me to take a photo of her standing in one of the guard stands at Prague Castle.

The Museum of Communism: Where the worst of Communism meets the worst of Capitalism!

My photo pass from Strahov Monastery. €5 for permission to shoot. Not really that uncommon in Europe, but at the time, it seemed extremely strange.

Part of the library collection at Strahov Monastery. Not sure what it is, but it is certainly odd.

What’s the first thing you expect to see when walking into a men’s restroom in a Prague bar? The correct answer should be “Baby Hitler”.

Not so sure about this one either.

This lady is clearly a master of the Bedazzler. Bling bling!

Now that’s more like it!

Soon: “Urinals from around the world!”

Prague in Black and White

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If while I have promised you to update much more frequently over the following four advert. I have made no such promise about the length of each posting. With this post I will start a new tradition. Brevity has become the name of this game. We will begin this little exercise in concision by taking a look at some of the black and white photos I took while we vacationed in in the Czech Republic last February. I hope you enjoy!!!

Also, this was the first trip where the wife and I consciously tried to take more photos of ourselves. Here’s a sample of some of our black and white pics. Enjoy!

From Prague Castle

This is what I look like when I go to take a photo with my iPhone and realize I forgot to switch to the rear camera.

I think I might have a stalker.

Next time:

The Weird and the Wonderful: Oddities from the Eastern Bloc

Prague Mini-Post: Food

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Roasted meats, dumplings, cabbage, and beers of all types… Czech food is hearty, to say the least.

Feel free to read more here: Czech Cuisine.

Now on to the photos!

Entrance to a great Prague tea house.

The real Budweiser.

Bread dumplings, roast beast, and sour cream sauce.

More sausages!

Just a taste…

Duck, dumplings, and cabbage.

Sausages, ham and pickled cheese

Next: Prague in Black and White!

Prague: Behind the Iron Curtain

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The Traveling Mogridges have been back at it! This time, we journeyed behind the old Iron Curtain to pay a visit to one of the most beautiful cities in Eastern Europe: Prague. With this first visit to an Eastern Bloc country, I have tons of stories to tell. That being said, it’s been a while since I’ve posted an entry to the old blogaroonie, so I’m going to start off with a nice short one. I don’t want to pull a muscle or anything…

Let me start with some historical fun! Prague is one big time capsule of a city. While the rest of the modern world was busy with finding the next big thing, the Czech Republic… err… Czechoslovakia was suffering under the repressive Iron Fist of the USSR. While I’m certainly not here to argue the pros and cons of Communist rule, if one had to find an undeniable silver lining, it would be in the preservation of Prague’s old world charm. Hollywood figured this out years ago, using Prague as a stand-in when shooting period pieces requiring an old European feel that’s quite difficult to find in modern Western Europe. Without droning on and on, I will simply say that Prague is great. That’s the best way to describe Prague: Great.

Ok, on to the fun. I plan on doing several posts about Prague, but this is the one that I’m aiming to keep short. With that said, here’s a nice slideshow featuring some of Prague’s “Greatest Hits”.