5 Reasons to Visit Copenhagen

It's been one year since I visited the capital of Denmark and I want to remind you why you should visit this amazing city. Last year I published posts about our trip to Copenhagen (Copenhagen Day 1 and Copenhagen Day 2) which are full of photos. Now I want to summarize the reasons why Copenhagen needs to be on your travel list!

1. Food

You could say that there's delicious food in every city and you're right but damn Copenhagen... If you want perfect breakfast you can't go wrong with any bakery in the centre but my personal tip is to go to the Holm's Bager. That's where you start the day right!

10 Reasons to Study Abroad

I spent one semester in Sweden and I loved it. It has been something I wanted to do and now I think everyone should try it. Here's why...
ČEŠTINA NÍŽE...

1. You'll learn to be independent 

I've been "mommy's girl" until I landed in Gothenburg last January. I wasn't able to do anything without her help and suddenly I had to go through bureaucracy and everything connected to moving to another country all by myself. But that wasn't all. I had to take care of myself. You might think it's obvious but I wasn't used to it. I had to plan my time, do laundry, cook and so on. That was a sudden change. So you just have to do all of this because none else will! And that's good...

2. Learn the language

If you've never really used English in everyday life studying abroad will be a huge change for you. You might think your English is good because you have good grades but you might find out it's not true. Suddenly you'll have to speak English to your doctor or learn how to use special machines by reading English instructions. That's when you really learn. And of course you'll learn the informal English which is something you can't practice anywhere else. 

And of course it's not just English :)

Beautiful Christmas Markets in Prague

I love Prague. I love night Prague. And there are no words for how much I love Christmas Prague! 

Get comfortable because I'm here with (too) many pictures from beautiful Christmas Prague!

ČEŠTINA NÍŽE

I know that many people who came to visit Prague fell in love with it. Those who visited this city that looks like it was built for shooting a fairytale, during the Christmas loved this city immediately. And I can definitely see why. I go abroad, usually to Vienna (my post about Christmas in Vienna last year) or Dresden (my trip to Dresden and the beginning of Christmas season) for Christmas markets every year and I admit they are beautiful as well but trust me, Prague has my heart. 

Amazing Places in Prague: One of the Best Views in Prague

I'm walking through a park looking around because it's the first time I'm here. It's cold but sunny autumn afternoon and I'm excited to find the spot that's famous for its beautiful view over Prague. I can hear some noise, maybe banging, and people laughing and shouting. What is that?
ČEŠTINA NÍŽE

Oh, so there are skateboarders all over the hill. That's the noise. Well... I've always had a thing for boys riding some kind of a board. And I love the clothes these people wear. Plus there are grafitti all over the walls. And that huge metronome. It all fits together. I like the place already... 

But I knew there should be more. And I was left speachless as I reached the walls and the end of the hill. I've seen Prague from so many famous spots but I've never been here. This view is new to me. And that's how I fell in love with Prague once again!

Living Abroad: Cristina Travels the World with Her Husband

I'm here with another interview and I'm sure you're gonna like this one as much as you liked the previous one. This time Cristina is going to show you how to travel the world with your loved one, how to live life abroad!
ČEŠTINA NÍŽE...

Hi Cristina! I know you've spent quite some time living abroad. You come from Romania and the first place you moved to was France. I know that one of the reasons why you moved there was love. What were the other ones? Would you say that it helped you that you already knew someone who lived there?

I knew just my beloved future husband :-) and another reason was that I thought I would have a better future if studying abroad.

How did you feel before moving abroad for the first time? What was the hardest? Could you speak French?

I have dreamt for a longtime going abroad, especially that my country was during the communist era...until 1989. I was speaking French but not very well. The hardest thing was to understand the French education system and to adapt myself to it ;-). Also it was quite hard that nobody helped us...

When You Miss Your Second Home

I knew that I'm going to miss that place but I had no idea that I would miss it so much. I also expected to miss my international friends but I didn't expect that I'd find myself missing the city...

ČEŠTINA NÍŽE...

When I was leaving Gothenburg I told to many people that I'd like to stay. They usually replied that they'd like to stay as well but only if they could stay there with all the other students they've met while studying there...

7 Things to Do in Prague

Guest post from Andrew from Wanderlust 15
Most of you know that I live in Prague and I'm planning to write posts for people planning to visit this beautiful city. When there was the opportunity that someone would write guest post about what to do in Prague I didn't hesitate a minute. Andrew from Wanderlust 15, where he posts great articles full of travel tips, wrote one for my blog too! And even though I know his tips do not need approval I have to say that I totally agree with all the point he mentioned that you should see :)

ČEŠTINA NÍŽE...

7 Things to Do in Prague

As the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, Prague has been an economic, political, and cultural center for Europe for at least one thousand years. Its history likely predates even that, but most historians place Prague Castle as the seat for the Dukes of Bohemia by 930 A.D. at the latest. Though the city’s fortunes have waxed and waned over the years, modern Prague has not only preserved its history but also turned itself into a hustling, bustling modern metropolitan center. Who could blame a traveler for wanting to visit? If you do, here are our seven favorite things to do in Prague.

1. Old Town Square

NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer: National Park Plitvička Jezera

Even tho I'm Czech I've never been to Croatia (that's country where almost everyone goes for holidays!) and I've never even really wanted to go there because of the sea but there was one place I wanted to see which was National Park Plitviče Lakes...

Čeština níže...

Plitvice Lakes is worldwide known national park but for Czech people (or people mostly from post-communist countries) there is another reason why everyone knows it - there was shot super popular movie with main character Indian Vinnetou. I love these old movies as well but honestly I didn't think about them at all while walking through this beautiful park. There's actually not much to think because you're just so overwhelmed with the beauties of this place! Two words how to describe this place? Lakes and waterfalls. 

Living Abroad

Have you ever spent a few months or years living abroad? I'm pretty sure that if your answer is yes you'd understand my opinion that this experience is really different from what we all know from vacations and holidays. I'd even call it a life changing experience...

Čeština níže...

Author: Vincent de Laat

I only spent 5 months in Sweden as an Erasmus student but it had already helped me to see my life and world differently. As I said at the beginning, I think that living abroad can change your life (as it has mine) and the way you see things. 

But I have talked to many of my friends after I came home from 5 months in Sweden and I realised that there are many people who would like to go but not everyone is brave enough to do that! I think that I'm the perfect example of a shy person who jumped into it and had the best time of his life. But it might not be enough... so I thought that I'd come up with series of interviews with people who are or were living abroad. Why?

#NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer: Short Stop in Kutná Hora

Kutná Hora is second mostly visited Czech town after Prague and one of the reasons why is its famous church - St Barbara's Cathedral and its surroundings. 
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Kutná Hora is small but beautiful city only one hour by train from Prague and from place where I live it's only 20 minutes by car. I've been there a couple of times and this time when I found out that I'll have to go there and that I'll have a bit of time to look around, I decided to take my camera with me to take a few shots.

Travel Tips: My Top 5 Restaurants in Prague

As a person who's been living in Prague for 2 years and visiting this beautiful city a lot before that as well I feel like I can already give you some tips that would help you when visiting... and what else could I start with than with food!

As a tourist I prefer to try local dishes but it can sometimes be a bit tricky because the restaurants in the centres of big cities are usually really expensive and it's actually not guaranteed that the food there is good. Of course you can look at TripAdvisor and see the reviews but I think that the very best option is to ask locals! They know where to go for good food that actually tastes the way it is supposed to and what's more, it usually happens to be less expensive! 

NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer: Trip to Budapest, Hungary

V červnu jsem spolu se svými kamarády z Erasmu cestovala po Evropě a jednou z našich zastávek byla Budapešť, hlavní město Maďarska. I když je to už trošku déle, co jsem se z cest vrátila, pořád vám chci alespoň ukázat fotky a podělit se o zážitky (a to i přes to, že jsem si s sebou nezvala foťák - v tomto článku jsem vysvětlovala proč).

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Do Budapešti jsme se z Prahy vydali vlakem a po odpoledním příjezdu a ubytování (dopočuju airbnb, ceny sice nebyly zas o tolik nižší, ale za to najdete opravdu skvělé podmínky a hlavně lokality bytů v centru :)) jsme hned vyrazili na hlavní náměstí, abychom společně s Maďary sledovali fotbalový zápas Maďarska ve skupině Eura. Večer jsme společně s celým národem oslavili historickou výhru národního týmu v několika hezkých barech :)

#UnforgettableMomentsInLife: Ales Stenar

Každý občas zažíváme momenty, u kterých bychom rádi, aby snad ani neskončily. A i když víme, že přece jen jednou skončí, je nám jasné, že na ně nikdy nezapomeneme... Abych se o ně s vámi podělila, přicházím s novým typem článků právě pod hashtagem #UnforgettableMomentsInLife. A samozřejmě budu ráda, když se ke mně připojíte - ať už v komentářích, na vlastních blozích, na instagramu, facebooku či kdekoli jinde (a samozřejmě pokud chcete, abych je našla, přidejte k nim ten správný hashtag) :)

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Picture taken with analog camera by my friend :)

A abyste viděli, že nemyslím pouze ty speciální a velké dny, které se vám často pod pojmem nezapomenutelný moment vybaví (svatba, promoce, narození potomka,..), první článek věnuji jednomu krásnému západu slunce na doslova magickém místě...

#NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer

Léto je tu a my všichni projíždíme instagram a vzdycháme nad fotkami z dovolených a cest... Jenže pak kolem sebe taky často slyším věty typu: ,,Nojo, když já se letos nikam nedostanu." nebo ,,Já budu v létě sedět akorát tak na zadku." Chápu, že ne každý z nás má peníze na dovolenou na Maledivách, ale co takhke se přece jen pokusit v létě cestovat?

It's summer time and we are all scrolling through instagram full of beautiful pictures from vacations and travels... But then I also hear many sentences like: "Oh well, I won't go anywhere this summer." Or "I'll only sit on my ass this summer." And I understand that not everyone can afford summer vacation at Maldives but we can all still try to travel! 

 

Právě sedím v Budapešti na hotelu a přemýšlím, jak moc mne cestování baví. Sotva před čtrnácti dny jsem se vrátila z Erasmu ve Švédsku, kde jsme toho nacestovali hodně, a už jsem znovu na cestách. Jenže si také uvědomuji, že až se za tři týdny vrátím domů, čeká mě celkem nudné léto. Nebo?

#NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer: Day trip to Bratislava

Pomalu, ale jistě, jsem začala poznávat jednotlivá místa Evropy, byla jsem na severu i na jihu, u tří ze čtyř našich sousedů, ale na Slovensku (jak by někdo mohl říct: u našich bratrů) ještě ne! A protože je Bratislava vzdálená jen tři hodiny vlakem, přemluvila jsem kamarádku a vyrazily jsme :)

Engish below...

Jak už jsem se zmínila, do Bratislavy jsme vyrazily s kamarádkou brzo ráno, abychom měly na slovenskou metropoli celý den. A zpětně musím říct, že jeden celý den nám na procházku toho nejdůležitějšího bohatě stačil. Možná i proto, že jsme se rozhodly nechat se městem provést v rámci Free walking tour.

Camera: experience pooper?

Minulý měsíc jsem strávila tři týdny cestováním se svými přáteli. Když jsem se na cestu balila, rozhodla jsem se kvůli nedostatku nechat foťák doma. Udělala jsem to pouze s těžkým srdcem, ale zpětně to hodnotím jako to nejlepší rozhodnutí, protože jsem tak byla přítomna v každém okamžiku...

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Zrcadlovku mám od Vánoc, přála jsem si jí spoustu let a před odjezdem do Švédska jsem se prostě rozhodla, že lepší čas na její koupi už nebude. Měla jsem pravdu.

#NotSittingOnMyAssThisSummer

Léto je tu a my všichni projíždíme instagram a vzdycháme nad fotkami z dovolených a cest... Jenže pak kolem sebe taky často slyším věty typu: ,,Nojo, když já se letos nikam nedostanu." nebo ,,Já budu v létě sedět akorát tak na zadku." Chápu, že ne každý z nás má peníze na dovolenou na Maledivách, ale co takhke se přece jen pokusit v létě cestovat?

It's summer time and we are all scrolling through instagram full of beautiful pictures from vacations and travels... But then I also hear many sentences like: "Oh well, I won't go anywhere this summer." Or "I'll only sit on my ass this summer." And I understand that not everyone can afford summer vacation at Maldives but we can all still try to travel! 

Právě sedím v Budapešti na hotelu a přemýšlím, jak moc mne cestování baví. Sotva před čtrnácti dny jsem se vrátila z Erasmu ve Švédsku, kde jsme toho nacestovali hodně, a už jsem znovu na cestách. Jenže si také uvědomuji, že až se za tři týdny vrátím domů, čeká mě celkem nudné léto. Nebo?

TRAVEL: Jönköping and Vättern

Když si 6 lidí kupuje přes internet jízdenky na autobus a funguje to jen jednomu... to si pak ve společné konverzaci připadáte jako v blázinci! Nakonec jsme si ale lístky nějakým způsobem koupili všichni a v sobotu jsme tak v 7 ráno rozespale vyrazili s foťáky v ruce vstříc dalšímu švédskému městečku!

When 6 people are trying to book bus tickets but it properly works for just one of them... then you feel really crazy in your group chat conversation! But in the end everything somehow managed to get their tickets so we could wake up early on Saturday and with cameras in our hands go towards exploring another Swedish town!

Do Jönköpingu, městečka položeného na jižním cípu druhého největšího skandinávského jezera Vättern, jsem se chtěla podívat právě kvůli onomu jezeru. Ne, že bychom z něj ale viděli větší část. To je samozřejmě prakticky nemožné, protože ale jezero zasahuje přímo do centra města, jste mu pořád na blízku. A tím že zdaleka nevidíte jeho konec, připadáte si jako u moře. 

TRAVEL: Copenhagen Day 2

Druhý den v Kodani byl o poznání slunečnější, ale také unavenější a bolestivější... I tak jsme toho ale stihli vidět hodně :)

Second day in Copenhagen was sunnier as well as more tiring and painful... But we've managed to see a lot anyway :)

Druhý den jsme měli v plánu vidět to, co jsme předchozí den nestihli, ale taky si trochu odpočinout a vyfotit Kodaň za trošku přívětivějšího počasí. To odpočívání se nám moc nepovedlo, takže jsme večer do autobusu ve směru Göteborg nasedali pořádně unavení, všichni jsme se ale shodli, že se nám víkend podařilo využít na maximum, a tak pokud i vy chcete do Kodaně vyrazit pouze na dva dny, nebojte se, že byste nestihli nějaké důležité památky, Kodaň je relativně malá.

V tomto článku ale přinesu hlavně tipy, pokud byste se Kodaň rozhodli navštívit.

TRAVEL: Copenhagen Day 1

V Göteborgu jsem na 5 měsíců a jeho dobrou polohu na cestování po Skandinávii chci plně využít. Začali jsme cestou do hlavního města Dánska, Kodaně...

I'm staying 5 months in Gothenburg and I want to use it as a good starting point to see as much of Scandinavia as possible. And I began with the capital of Denmark, Copenhagen...

Do Kodaně je to z Göteborgu relativně kousek, lépe řečeno na skandinávské poměry. Čtyřhodinová cesta autobusem se ale s WiFi a příjemnou švédskou spolusedící dala docela snadno přežít. A tu příjemnou spolusedící myslím vážně! Protože jsme přišli pozdě, museli jsme každý sedět zvlášť vedle někoho cizího a já to vyhrála na plné čáře, protože jsem polovinu cesty proklábosila s milou Švédkou. Až se mě zase někdo zeptá, proč jsem jela na Erasmus do jedné z nejdražších a nejstudenějších zemí s nejodměřenějšími lidmi, budu se jen usmívat :) No přiznejte se, kdy jste si jen tak popovídali s někým v autobuse...