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  • Marian column as Sundial

    Marian column as Sundial

    Today was a beautiful warm sunny day in Prague, so we went for a walk to the newly built replica of the original Marian column on the Old Town Square. Column stood here for almost 370 years, and was overthrown by an enraged mob after the declaration of Czechoslovak independence in 1918.

    The Marian Column on the Old Town Square also indicated the local Prague time. Although mechanical clocks date back to the 14th century and the Old Town Astronomical Clock dates back to the early 15th century, their adjustment depended on solar time. Each village had its own time given by the meridian that passed through the village. The line that defined the Prague meridian was marked by three strips of paving stones and headed north from the center of the column.

    After a hundred years of walking around the square without the column, it was no longer clear to many of us why the meridian was marked in the pavement. But with the construction of the replica it became clear. So today we went to see how the column measures noon again. The shadow showed noon thanks to daylight saving time at 12:58 – 2 minutes ahead. 🙂

    Michaela picked for me combination of polka-dot dress with new jacket. We were surprised at how well it matched together. On the way home we stopped at the Swarovski store to look at some bracelets, and then we were glad to relax with cafe in the House of the Black Madonna.

  • New dress, amazing lunch

    New dress, amazing lunch

    Yesterday we went for a walk around Prague, but in the end we did not go very far. Along the way, we came across a shoe store with huge sale, where we spent almost the entire afternoon. This is one of the accompanying phenomena of the ongoing pandemic – almost everything is on sale, almost everything can be bought for 50% or less. The less hilarious part is that it’s almost nowhere to wear. But this is hopefully just a transitional state.

    On the way back home, we stopped at our favorite restaurant Tiskárna for a late lunch. We had a meal that all Czechs from school cafeterias know – dill sauce. One Czech proverb says: “When two do the same thing, it is not always the same”. In this case, it was more true than ever. 🙂

    We had beef in traditional creamy dill sauce, baked potatoes, cured egg yolk, and for dessert we had homemade blueberry ice lolly. The food was, as always, amazing. Pilsner beer here is probably the best beer in the whole of Prague, and the service in the restaurant is excellent, friendly and professional. Definitely worth a visit.

    And one more interesting thing. From the moment we know each other, we have one habit that helps us stay fit. In addition to walking a few kilometers every day. We share the meals in the restaurants. Usually we only have one main course, no appetizers. You wouldn’t believe how little food is enough for us, and how we as people are constantly overeating. And as every girl knows, and the men should know as well – it is not very good for your figure. 😀

  • Wonderful Venice in these extraordinary times

    Wonderful Venice in these extraordinary times

    In these extraordinary times we have decided to visit the wonderful and charming Venice. We did go there because we wanted to take advantage and see the city without tourists. We have been there before and have seen it packed with hordes of them. But this time it was different. We do understand, that for the business are these times difficult, but we think, that it was once in the lifetime opportunity.

    We don’t want to tire you out with the details of our visit, but we thought you might like the photos of our outfits we wore in Venice. Hope you would enjoy it, as we enjoyed the visit.

    Take care, be yourself and don’t waste your time with people who do not deserve it. 🙂

    Vlasta & Michaela

  • Quick stop at Beautiful Spa Poděbrady

    Quick stop at Beautiful Spa Poděbrady

    Just couple of pictures from our trip to Poděbrady. We just stopped by for a walk in colonnade park and light dinner & beer on our way back home from visit to our 95 years old grand grandmother. She’s always inspirational and we love to talk to her. And we love her open mind and wisdom. Her first words were “you both have beautiful dress”. 💋

    Pictures were taken by nice young couple with cute 2 years old boy.

  • Visit to Banksy’s exhibition in Prague

    Visit to Banksy’s exhibition in Prague

    The weather in Prague has been unusually rainy lately, so we took advantage of that, and this weekend Míša, my daughter Mia and I went to an exhibition of street art by Banksy. We were lucky that we didn’t get wet on the way there or back. I wore Desigual dresses and silver Next pumps. Enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the exhibition. 🙂

  • Just FB integration test :-)

    Just FB integration test 🙂

    We were trying some tweaks with the plugin which seemed not working properly. Nothing except the one of the pics is here. 🙂

  • Lets have the pink dress and beer in the harbor

    Lets have the pink dress and beer in the harbor

    It’s finally here, there are open beer gardens in the Czech Republic and we can have a beer. We choose summer clothes, I ignore Vlasta’s remarks that 14 degrees is not enough for a beer outside, that it’s cold. In the end, my enthusiasm wins, we add pantyhose and we are standing in front of the house and it is… COLD. We’re taking the car, so what, a non-alcoholic beer is fine too. A little blueish, but determined. In the half-empty garden we look exotic, not only because of Vlasta’s dress, but because the people around us have winter jackets… 😀

    I capitulate soon. I order mulled wine for me, Vlasta quickly “kicks in” a non-alcoholic beer and we disappear in the car where we get warm. In the end, it’s good at home on Friday too, and we’ve been to the garden before. Hopefully it’s going to be warmer tomorrow, because we would like to go sailing.

  • Cycling & Beer by the river

    Cycling & Beer by the river

    We fine-tuned our outfits in the morning, so it didn’t look like one was going to the theater and the other for a picnic. The length of the skirts is also important. Finally, Vlasta found a use for his fishnet tights, which I usually smirk at. They look beautiful with a long pleated skirt. Pumps everything fine-tuned. You will definitely agree with me that it is an elegant outfit for a light ride through the city by bike. I’m wearing the same skirt, it’s just gray. We know from experience that we look like fools in exactly the same outfits. 🙂 Our skirts fluttered beautifully, people were amazed and we enjoyed a beautiful sunny day.