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This might come as a shock to some, but the Czech Republic is more than just Prague. And we know, your vacation is short but hey, if you can slap on one extra day, we truly believe you should venture out of the city for a bit - it will give you a better idea about what the Czech Republic is, and immerse you more into the culture. Just like NYC doesn’t give you a full idea of what America is, there’s more to Czechia than Prague. So where do you go? We have a few tips.
Taste of Prague writing a piece about Brno? Yes, people from Prague tend to make fun of Brno, the second biggest city in the country and the Moravian capital, but it’s a friendly rivalry that should never cross the level of friendly trash-talk among peers. The fact is that Brno is absolutely fantastic and worth your attention if you are visiting the Czech Republic. Here’s some basic information about Brno and what’s so great about it.
The TL;DR version: We went to Mallorca. You should go, too. Soon.
It seems that 2021 is the year Covid has forced us to discover places that were under our radar previously. We went to Dubai in February, reluctantly, and we really liked it. Now we’ve been to Mallorca, and we loved it too. We’ll have to confess: if you said „Mallorca“ to us, we’d think beaches, resorts, German retirees, maybe Rafael Nadal? We didn’t know much about the island, and did not expect much. But it was a direct flight, Mallorca’s covid numbers were low, and the testing requirements were not that harsh, so the decision was easy. We went for 10 days.
And boy oh boy, we may have left our heart in Mallorca. We honestly loved our stay. Here’s our small report and some thoughts.
File this under „the question no-one’s ever asked us“, but hey Taste of Prague, what’s the five favorite meals on your travels around the world? Hey, if you haven’t noticed, it’s been a really slow year for us, the tourism industry in general, and Prague restaurants, so this is high time we tear up a bit as we recall that thing we used to call… what was it again… travel?
Anyway, consider this inspiration for your own travels when this whole thing blows over. So here we go, Zuzi’s and Jan’s five favorite bites around the world.
We tried a trip to Dubai during a pandemic so that you don’t have to. It was great. And it turned out very sad.
Jan liked to say that Taste of Prague was not part of „tourism“. It was part of the food industry. Well, the pandemic proved him very, very, very wrong. We were indeed part of the tourism industry, as manifested by the fact that just like most of our colleagues, we have had exactly zero business for the past year or so. You think restaurants are hurting? Look at the tourism businesses. Turns out you can’t sell a tour or a hotel stay out of a take-out window.
This is just to say that we are deeply invested in tourism, both financially and emotionally. And that is why we may be more open than most to the idea of travelling even when the care-free travel we used to know. If you lost your job and have been living off your savings for the past year or so, you want to believe that travel is still an option. So as every year, we have decided to travel somewhere warm for a bit during the winter. We were worn out. Zuzi has a health issue where the symptoms get better in warm climates. And JJ hates the cold. So we went. Here’s the story of our trip (sorry, no Dubai tips this time around) and what we’ve learnt.
It was only a few weeks ago when we thought that international travel was a thing of, well, the distant future, and we would be stuck in Czechia for the rest of 2020. But as most borders within the EU opened at the beginning of July, we have decided to take a trip to Chianti, a part of Tuscany, that we had been actually contemplating last year already.
This post is not a detailed list of places we visited and restaurants where we ate at. It’s more a report on how things went in general in post-quarantine Europe. Many people in hospitality were afraid that even if the borders reopened, travel would be looked down on, awkward, inconvenient, strange. Was this our experience? Is future travel doomed to be weird and plagued with self-guilt and self awareness? And will we take another trip this summer? Read on to find out.
Alright, this is the moment some of you have been waiting for - Zuzi joining Jan behind the mike, and giving some tips about the way we travel. Now, if you’ve been following us for some time, you know that we love to travel, and we have been getting many questions by email and social media about our particular way of traveling. So when we invited everyone to post questions about a month ago on our Instagram feed, we did expect some questions, but we did not expect so many.
As a result, we have decided to record two separate episodes: one about our travel in general, and a second one (later on) about our travel with JJ (now over 2 years old) as a family. We got lots of questions about both and we thought that the answers would be too long for a single episode, and that the questions about family travel with a toddler would be irrelevant to many. The first episode comes out today, and please stay tuned for the second one… eventually.
We have also edited the questions a bit, combining what really were the same questions, but perhaps worded differently. We also skipped questions asking for tips for various destinations because again - answering them would take a long time and would be irrelevant for many. If you need tips for specific destinations, please have a look at our Instagram highlights, or send us an email. We’ll do our best.
We recorded the podcast in the cinema of the Bokovka wine bar and had a lot of fun doing it. We actually recorded it twice, because we were unhappy about how the first recording turned out. But hey, having more wine while recording worked wonders the second time around. Go figure. These are some of the topics we have discussed:
When did we start traveling and where?
How many trips do we take per year?
How do we choose our destinations?
Which countries have we visited?
What has been our favorite destination so far? Which destination had the best food?
Any dream destination we want to visit? Or any places we do NOT want to see and why?
How did Jan overcome his fear of flying?
How do we buy our flight tickets?
How do we choose the type and location of accommodations?
How do we research restaurants?
Do we book tables at restaurants ahead of time?
How much planning is involved in our travels?
How do we deal with language barriers?
So stuff like that. The answers take about an hour, but we tried to be brief. Oh, and one more thing: we drop names of products and services during the podcast. We are not affiliated with any of them, and none of the mentions have been paid for in any way. It’s just the products and services we have been using in our travels, nothing more.
Thank you for all those questions, and we hope you like this episode!
So you have a baby and/or a toddler and are afraid to fly with them? Been there, done that. We were really nervous before our first flight with JJ, who was 2 months at the time. But 15 months and some 35 flights later, we think we can spread the gospel of flying with your little ones. While you can’t control everything, you can control something, and below are some of the things we do before, when and after we fly with JJ, our toddler who is about to turn 18 months as we write this.
Obviously, your mileage may vary. We’re not saying what we do is the best or the only way to fly with an infant, and you may find your own way that suits you better. But if you’re maybe concerned or nervous about your first flight (and again, we totally get that), you may find our tips below helpful, or at least inspiring to give it a go. Flying with an infant is honestly not that different from flying without one. You just have a small baby or toddler with you who depends on you with his or her life. So no pressure.
When we were planning the trip to Tokyo, we were approaching our stay with respect and a bit of caution. We were intimidated by the different culture, the impenetrable language and rigid customs. Having spent nearly a week in Tokyo, we must say the respect has grown, while the caution disappeared. We absolutely loved our stay in Tokyo. Staying in Tokyo gets you the thrill and excitement of seeing something new and different, and none of the intimidation of seeing something new and different.
When we were planning our three-week Asian trip, we've reserved one week for Tokyo. What a mistake. We really would love to spend more time in Tokyo, and venture out into other Japanese cities, too. Oh well. Don’t repeat our mistake. If you’re planning a trip to Tokyo, reserve the time the city deserves. We’ve already promised ourselves we would be back.
Keep Austin weird. We’re not sure we’ve seen any major weirdness in Austin, but the truth is we had fun in the Texas capital. We stayed for four short days and found Austin to be a city of contrasts and unlike the American cities we’ve visited before. Here’s some tips for a visiting European.
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