Tag: Prague
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BEFORE YOU GO TIPS | Booking the trip
Before booking an international trip, there’s some research you can do to lay the foundation for success. This is a comprehensive list—I’m covering all bases. Take what you need from it.
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Style Moment | The Augustine
“Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.” Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) Italian Dominican priest, philosopher and theologian
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COOL HOTELS | Prague | The Augustine
In the 13th century, King Wenceslas (yes, the one from the Christmas Carol) founded the Saint Thomas Monastery for the Augustine Order of friars in Prague. It’s seven hundred years later, and the monastery is a five-star hotel called The Augustine, the result of a remarkable restoration that has combined luxury with the humble spirit…
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The World in a Little Blue Book
My passport is full. Each of the stamps on those little blue pages represents an encounter, an adventure, an education, an accomplishment, a story. I had to go to the passport office to have new pages inserted, and as I sat there waiting, I flipped through, and remembered. These are some of my favorite photos…
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Prague | Where’s Waldo?
Wandering around the city of Prague, I noticed that I could see the fairy castle on the hill no matter where I was. It became like a “Where’s Waldo” game…here, you try it…
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Vienna | It is Possible to Take Pictures
After grappling with the “no photograph” rule in Vienna museums, I rejoiced in seeing this little sign at the entrance of St. Nicholas Church in Prague.
