I began to get a little nervous on the train from Vienna to Breclav.I was feeling vulnerable, probably because I didn’t speak a word of the language. We didn’t speak the language in Vienna, where my ...

Few cities can match Prague’s over-the-top romance, evocative Old World charm … and tourist crowds. To escape the masses and experience more of the real Czech Republic, take a bus or train ride ...

Inspired by a Czech family’s journey abroad, Podhlavický mlýn offers the chance to feast and celebrate in their Bohemia ...

After getting my first full-time journalism job at 19 years old, I fell into a pattern: work, get promoted, work harder, repeat … up until retirement. Though I'd grown up living all over, I spent most ...

After the dousing in hot brown peat muck and a massage, it’s off to the bar to drink excellent Czech beer. Submerged in a mucky peat brine, it occurs to me that this must be the strangest bath I have ...