Chris

Chris

Bohemian Switzerland

No, Switzerland is not next to or has not annexed part of the Czech Republic. The Bohemian Switzerland National Park is named because some guy from Switzerland thought the area reminded him of home. This may sound silly but many…

Food Tour of Prague

This is the story of a bear. I know the title says food tour and most of the following content will be about the food tour, but its really about a bear. Americans in Prague We boarded the Metro and…

National Technical Museum

After our hotel breakfast and people watching session we headed across the river to the National Technical Museum. Right on schedule, tram number 26 picked us up and delivered us nearby. We had no idea what to expect from this…

Who Watches the Watchman

We finished dinner and headed back toward the Powder Towel to meet up with the Nightwatchman of Prague. Our nightwatchman, David, has been doing this tour for 8 years and prior to that he was doing nightwatchman tours in Rothenburg…

The Towers of Prague

I didn’t get much sleep last night so I was a bit out of it but I powered on. After breakfast we headed out toward Petřín park which has a observation tower styled like the Eiffel Tower. The hill has…

Behind the Scenes

We kicked today off with the hotel breakfast. There were too many options on the different buffets available so we just decided to order a la carte. Devin scheduled a tour for today’s event called Prague Behind the Scenes. We…

Destination Prague

A big thanks to the Wayne family for getting us to the Minneapolis airport! Normally we start our trips out of our home city of Nashville but we tied this one in with a holiday visit to family in Wisconsin.…

Christmas Markets in Prague

Devin has always wanted to go to a Christmas market in Europe and when she came to me with a surprise trip idea I wasn’t surprised about the destination.  The spontaneity did surprise me.  Neither of us have been to…

Dinner at Barbara’s

When we were researching our trip to Rome we came across a video recommending a dinner party hosted by a Roman open to travelers.  Even though you interact with fellow travelers on tour groups and pass them in the streets…

The Pantheon

Is there not a building in Rome that the Catholics haven’t turned into a church?  On our last full day in Rome we visited the Pantheon. The front of the Pantheon, called a portico, has been copied relentlessly in the…