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Pictures in Prague
Maya Coplin//Journalism 330//Summer 2018


Kobra
It is only fitting that my last photo be at Kobra. It is the first place I went when I got to Prague. In hopes of getting the top room...
Jun 20, 20181 min read


10 Miles
Ten-mile hike in Bohemia Switzerland, your guide will pick you up at 8am. My email read. I couldn’t think of a time when I had hiked 10...
Jun 19, 20181 min read


Breakfast at the Bakery
One morning, after getting off the metro, I walked through a passage way on my way to Winslow Square. I noticed a little boy and his...
Jun 17, 20181 min read


Brunch with Bella
I had passed by it so many times, but it wasn’t until this morning that I finally tried Jedna, the café attached to the art museum next...
Jun 17, 20182 min read


Soccer aka Football
After stepping off the tram, we followed the sounds of cheering until we found the Riegrovy Sady Beer Garden. We were just in time to...
Jun 17, 20181 min read


Bone Church
On our last day trip outside of Prague, we visited Kutna Hora. One of the most famous tourist attractions in the Czech Republic is there;...
Jun 16, 20181 min read


Open
Starting on our first tour Teriza pointed out her favorite store. It was a small store tucked away into the passage way between streets....
Jun 15, 20182 min read


Wedding Photos
It was late, maybe around 11 when we were walking around Old Town Square. We were just wandering around looking for something interesting...
Jun 14, 20181 min read


Doris
Doris, our tour guide, is a cat person, promoter of hitch-hiking, and lover of sheep. Upon entering the museum, she was greeted by many...
Jun 13, 20182 min read


A Day at the Museum
Today we finally went into the art gallery (The National Art Gallery/ Trade Fair Palace) which is directly across the street from our...
Jun 12, 20181 min read


Prague Central Station
Prague Central Station is a busy place, as it is the biggest and oldest train station in Prague. When I first got to Prague, I came on a...
Jun 11, 20181 min read


Museum Night
As soon as I was planning on leaving my apartment, it started pouring. Unlike Texas, when it rains here, it gets cold. I put on my hiking...
Jun 10, 20181 min read


A Completely Designed Environment
It was 10:40, we left a little later than we intended to. It was only supposed to take 18 minutes to get there so we would be practically...
Jun 9, 20182 min read


Candid
You can’t walk a block in Cesky Krumlov without seeing tourists take photos, myself included. Everywhere was picturesque especially in...
Jun 8, 20182 min read


Film
Although I love digital photography, I have little experience with film photography other than disposable cameras, but I would love to...
Jun 8, 20181 min read


Locals
With a population of only 13,000, there are over 150 times more tourists than residents. Over-tourism has taken over Česky Krumlov....
Jun 8, 20181 min read


Lost
At home we map everything. Going to the grocery store? Let me check the quickest route. Going to a new restaurant? Ask Siri which one is...
Jun 8, 20181 min read


Avant Garde
As we sped through a hundred years of design history (in my history of design class last semester), there were multiple things that stood...
Jun 8, 20181 min read


A Dog and a Bar
The beer is cheaper than water. Don’t worry about lunch, the beer is liquid bread. When I first heard it, I thought it was a joke;...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Limited Visibility
“Poor visibility stage right” my ticket read. It was only 150 Czech Koruna so I wasn’t too concerned with where the seat was. I had never...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Roma
The music started playing before the parade started. Each group went one after another dancing and cheering along to the bands. Every...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Lidice
The field stretched as far as you could see. To the untrained eye, it would appear as though it was a peaceful park and today it is....
Jun 2, 20182 min read


Grocery Shopping
I love going to grocery stores in new places. Where people buy their food says so much about the culture. The grocery stores in Texas are...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Jewish Quarter
Being Jewish is being part of a very large highly dysfunctional family. As Michaela lead us through the Jewish Quarter, I was amazed at...
Jun 2, 20182 min read


Heart of Nations
Yesterday while walking through Old Town Square on our scavenger hunt, we wandered into The Heart of Nations Festival. The festival...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Views from the Tram
At 6:30 in the morning on a Saturday, the trams come less frequently, something we did not think about when leaving the Charles bridge....
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Flea Market
Kolbenova Flea Market put Target to shame. Washing machines, tires, jewelry, antiques, clothes piled as far as you can see. Anything you...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Church Night
As soon as everyone walks in they look up. For a predominantly atheist country, church night is popular. Tourists and locals alike crowd...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Field Trip
Field trips growing up consisted of libraries, museums at UT, and fossil collecting in the creek. I could not imagine having a school...
Jun 2, 20181 min read


Tourists
It’s surprising to find out that (according to a friendly woman on a train) Prague’s population is only one million people because when...
Jun 2, 20181 min read
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