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10 Things I Saw Today: Prague

by Camilla // May 13, 2012 // 1 Comment
(Or, more accurately, 10 things I saw this weekend…) Everyone says it, but Prague is a beautiful city. It’s not hype. After living here for almost one year, the magic hasn’t worn off. Even expats who’ve lived here for upwards... Continue reading →

Nakládaný Hermelín: Czech Marinated Cheese

by Camilla // April 22, 2012 // 6 Comments
Anthony Bourdain famously called Prague “the land that vegetables forgot.” While that’s a bit of an unfair assessment, it is true that Czech food tends to be heavy on the dumplings and meats, and breaded fried cheese is a real... Continue reading →

Transitory Tales: Rethinking Borders and Belonging

by Camilla // April 15, 2012 // 7 Comments
I dance on borders. As a dual American-Italian citizen with an immigrant mother and an African-American father, I came to understand early on that identity is a very fluid thing. I slip in and out of categories as easily as... Continue reading →

Prague’s “Little Hanoi”

by Camilla // April 1, 2012 // 2 Comments
People from Vietnam make up the third largest ethnic group in the Czech Republic–and Nguyen is the 9th most common last name in the entire country! The Vietnamese community has its roots its roots in Communist-era guest-worker programs, but immigration from Vietnam... Continue reading →

Biking in Prague

by Camilla // March 18, 2012 // 4 Comments
Don’t do it, Camilla, they told me. Are you crazy? You’re going to get yourself killed. You’d think that I had just told my friends that I was going to pick up base-jumping or shark diving as a weekend hobby. So, what... Continue reading →

Veronika Hilská: Jewelry Designer

by Camilla // March 11, 2012 // No Comments
I met Veronika Hilská last October during the Bienvenue Arts and Crafts Fair. Veronika, who studied jewelry design at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague, was selling handcrafted accessories with a group of Czech and French artists in Prague’s picturesque,... Continue reading →

Náplavka Farmers’ Market

by Camilla // March 4, 2012 // 9 Comments
Czechs are a very outdoorsy people, and so I was surprised to learn that farmers’ markets are a relatively recent phenomenon here. According to expats.cz, Elsewhere in Europe, consumers have had the opportunity to purchase locally-sourced food and drink from... Continue reading →

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