Yesterday, we hit the streets of Prague with food writer and certified foodie, Jan, of the Taste of Prague blog. Jan walked us through some great restaurants, popular dishes, and about a hundred years of Czech history surrounding cooking and eating. We were excited to…
The Jewish Quarter (Josefov) dates back to the 13th century, when Jewish persons were forced to vacate their homes and settle in this one area. Sarah Cramsey took us on an evening stroll of this richly historic site. Certain parts of Josefov have been intentionally maintained so…
Friend of Putney, Sarah Cramsey, led us on a personalized walking tour of Franz Kafka’s Prague. Sarah spent five years of her life in this city, and has most recently been finishing her PhD in History at Berkley. We started the tour at the location where Kafka…
After a delicious Mediterranean/vegetarian dinner at Lehka Hlava, we strolled across the iconic Charles Bridge. Swarming with tourists during the hot daytime, the bridge was open and spacious during the evening — under the threat of rain. From the bridge, we ogled the spooky spires and…
We may be primarily writers, but that doesn’t mean we don’t also have an eye for fine modern art. Museum Kampa largely features work from contemporary Czech artists, and we spent an hour wandering the hip galleries, halls, and the sculpture garden. We also climbed to the top…
We took the tram to the other side of the Vltava River, where we picked up the Funicular for a ride to the top of Petrin Hill. We split into our two workshop groups, and pursued a character-stalking writing exercise (choose a stranger; closely observe…
Here’s a few shots from our beautiful river cruise last night. We hope you enjoy the scenes from the Vlatva as much as we did!
Today we embarked on our first shared writing exercise. Together, we read Gay Talese’s essay, New York is a City of Things Unnoticed. In it, Talese catalogs the seemingly mundane details of city life in New York and creates a powerful compendium of beautiful…
Our overnight group flight from JFK arrived at 10:30 AM in Prague, and we dropped our stuff at our Hotel Theatrino and started our trip at the Žižkov Television Tower, a fantastically bizarre example of high-tech architecture. By the foot of the tower, we talked…
We’ve received word from the leaders that the group has arrived in Prague.