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.










