by Kimberly Rowe | Mar 24, 2016 | Brno, Travel
Abandoned outside our apartment. Ok, they’re not really abandoned, but it sure seems that way at times. As I mentioned in my last blog, parents here in Czech Republic seem to have absolutely no problem leaving their babies unattended in public places. This would...
by Kimberly Rowe | Jan 2, 2016 | Brno, Travel
Since moving to Brno, we’ve fallen into the habit of naming places by what they remind us of, because initially (and for me often still) we had a hard time pronouncing, much less remembering, their proper Czech names. Our local watering hole is ABC, short for...
by Kimberly Rowe | May 28, 2015 | Brno, Travel
Back in the U.S. for a short visit, one of the first questions I’m inevitably asked is, “So, how is Prague?” Despite having told people again and again that we live in Brno, which isn’t anywhere near Prague, and is in fact closer to Vienna,...
by Kimberly Rowe | May 12, 2015 | Brno, Travel
Our apartment in the city center can be quite noisy at times. But sometimes the noise brings an unexpected surprise. Last Sunday we were lured out of our morning routine by the sound of this brass quintet. At first I thought it was coming down the street from Namesti...
by Kimberly Rowe | Apr 17, 2015 | Brno, Travel
This is the blog where I describe the ridiculousness of taking your pet to a foreign country. (In this case, our cat Piklz and our move from Philadelphia to Brno, Czech Republic.) Piklz is packed and ready to go. Piklz made it through security with flying colors....
by Kimberly Rowe | Feb 26, 2015 | Brno, Travel
Recently returned from a snowy trip to Brno, Czech Republic, where we settled on a lovely 5th-floor apartment right in the center of town. Move-in date is April 1! While there we visited the historic town of Olomouc (which Czech town isn’t historic?), and I took...