• Happy New Year – Šťastný nový rok!

    Happy New Year to all the readers!.. Crisis or no crisis, Prague was a popular spot to greet this New Year. Our hotel was swirming with guests from various countries; all Prague seemed to be full  with sounds of different languages – some louder than others! But those in our hotel started to leave soon after the start of 2009, so when in the evening of January the first a group of us set off for the Old Town, I expected to see Prague relatively quiet, recovering from the tourist onslaught. Instead, the bus and then the metro were absolutely packed with regular ‘Praguers’. Staromestska metro stop was filled to…