Central Europe & the Alps

Just near the Astronomical Clock, we wind through an alley to a quiet courtyard set amongst the surrounding old town buildings. We have coffee first with Julie and Mick and come back later for spinach crepes. It was a little oasis among the pulsing tourist hotspots.Read more

We head out for an evening of Czech food, wine, music and fun in U Marcanu about 30 minutes from the hotel up in the hills surrounding Prague.
We start out with a traditional shot of Becherovka. It’s very strong and tastes a little like cough medicine - no sipping, just skoll it down.
The meal is 3 courses. Starters are potato cakes; the main has a skewer of pork and chicken, dumplings, potato and beans. All vegetables are served cooked, not fresh. Desert is a fruit filled crepe with ice cream and cream. Pretty good food and plenty of it with traditional dark bread.
A fun part of the evening is the wine waiter who fills our bottomless glasses in the traditional way - glass bulbs filled with wine on a long glass tube,. He hold his finger over the end of the tube to stop the flow of wine. Deftly, he flicks aside his finger, aims the pippette at your glass, about a metre away, and rarely misses. Very entertaining. Of course, bottomless beers are available as well.Read more