Our favorite Prague Cafes !
The Viennese coffee house culture spread to all corners of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the end of the nineteenth century, including to Prague, then a provincial capital. Prague cafes ( coffee house or cafe is “kavarna” in Czech) later fell into disfavor during the Communist era but have bounced back strongly since 1989. Century-old cafes…
Bosnia Herzegovina, delight of Southern Alps!
Bosnia Herzegovina. Read our previous country posting: “Bolivia, and the Camino de la Muerte!” COUNTRY ROLL No 23 : Bosnia Herzegovina, one of the last undiscovered delights of the southern Alps! Photo of the Dinaric Alps in Bosnia by @BH_Dragons Read our related posting: “Best of Bosnia Herzegovina food: Bosanski Lonac!” Read…
The best of colonial living : The Delhi Gymkhana Club
Delhi Gymkhana Club. “You’ll get your dentures before your get a membership at the Delhi Gymkhana Club”, headlined a 2011 Times of India article about the Delhi Gymkhana Club. “That’s if you apply young”, the article went on, “It will be a 37-year wait if you apply now”. That’s the average number of years an…