1. Walk off the touristy path of the Old Town of Prague, leaving the tumultuos crowd and absorb a comforting feeling in almost empty, old streets, heaving a sigh of relief
2. The photogenic painted walls of the medieval castle in Cesky Krumlov
3. These picturesque small towns: Telc, Litovel, Sternberk, and Unicov
4. The unique, passionate beer-drinking culture, the raison d'etre of the Czech nation
5. Not as expensive as Western Europe
6. A UNESCO world heritage village, called Holasovice near Budweis - with rustic Baroque farmhouses
Elter photo
7. Nowhere any signs of extreme poverty - a large lower middle class
8. The perfectly restored Bouzov Castle with an impressive exterior, in Central Moravia
9. An extraordinary nature attraction: Pravcicka Brana (a sandstone gate) in the so-called,,Bohemian Switzerland" - the biggest natural sandstone arch in Europe
10. Another chateau, the Neo-Gothic Hluboka Castle, in South Bohemia - it has a kind of Disneyland vibe
1. Most of the historic castles don't offer tours in foreign languages - tourists get some translation brochures instead
2. The Czech cuisine is not unforgettable, little diversity - I was unable to discover any taste in their knedliki (simple boiled dumplings)
3.In the summertime, terrible tourist crowd in the Old Town of Prague - how about social distancing in the post-COVID-19 future?
4. The foundation of the Czech everyday dressing culture is the indifference (especially over the age of 50)
5. The Czech language is not among the most harmonious languages of the world, owing mainly to the high density of consonants
6. Many face-to-face service providers are unwilling to show any customer-friendly gestures - a basic humbleness is missing somehow.
7. Czech people seemed to us somewhat cold and distant - Prague inhabitants may behave like this because they are fed up with the mass tourism
8. Russians (Soviets) left in 1991, and now are back as property owners or high-spending vacationers in the spa town of Karlovy Vary
9. The run-down train stations of the small towns - Time stopped
10. The ugly, Communist-era, prefabricated housing estates (paneláky in Czech)
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