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Black Theatre
Yesterday evening we ended our vacation in Prague with a visit to one of the many “Black Theatres”.Black Theatre is a special form of creating a theatre performance, which is very successful in the Czech republic. Language is an obstacle: The audience consists mainly of tourists and very few of them understand the Czech language. [...]
On the banks of river Moldau
Prague people love their 1060 feet high Petřin, in the Summer they go there to flee from the heat or the smog in the city, in the autumn they go to see the falling leaves and in winter to enjoy the feeling of fresh snow under their feet. Or they just come to watch the [...]
Mozart?
Today’s route was entitled “Following the tracks of Mozart”. Mozart has been in Prague a few times and people are still talking about that. You couldn’t look anywhere in the city without being confronted by a sign urging you to come and see “Don Giovanni”.Our route started at the Theatre of the Estates (Stavovské divadlo) [...]
Kutná Hora
Some 40 miles east of Prague is the city of Kutná Hora. With a population of 22,000 it seem unimportant compared to Prague, but it has not always been like that. Kutná Hora has a history of great wealth, which originated deep underground. A lot of silver ore was found near the city. In the [...]
Prague Jugendstil
Today we wanted to take the train to Kutná Hora, but I couldn’t find the central station! Utterly stupid of me of course, I am afraid I am a lousy guide. We had just hopped onto a streetcar and I expected it to go to the central station as all street cars do in Holland. [...]
Josefov
Today we had scheduled a visit to the Jewish district. It is more than 1000 years ago the first Jews settled in the shadow of Prague castle. Josefov, the Jewish settlement at the northwestern edge of the Old City, was founded around 1150.After the 1848 revolution the emperor finally granted full civil rights to the [...]
Hradčany
The most important sight in Prague is probably Prague Castle (Pražský Hrad). Since the time the Přemyslid dynasty settled (initially in a wooden castle) on the hills at the left bank of the river Moldau around the year 1000, the lives of all Czech people have been under the influence of the decisions made in [...]
Going to Prague
Today we left for a short vacation in Prague. As you know I was a bit apprehensive about the passport check at the Dutch airport but it turned out to be no problem at all. The lady who had to check my passport looked very carefully at me and at my picture in the passport [...]
Forty-sixth Column
Tonight my forty-fourth column was broadcast in Gendertalk #572.You can find the complete program in the Gendertalk archive.Or you can find just my column at:http://eveliensnel.com/audio/SECUR01.mp3A full transcript of the text is below: Security In a few days from now I will be flying to Czechoslovakia for a short vacation. Julia and I are both very [...]
Hair Day
Today started with an appointment at the hairdresser’s. Jos and Tonny take very good care of my hair with a nice color and some sort of shampoo. They have advised me to take a slightly darker shade of die this time, a little more copper-like. Well they are the experts, I like to follow their [...]