I’ve often wondered during my travels how much my impression of a particular city is influenced by the current weather conditions. If Prague hadn’t been basking in sunshine six of my seven days there, would I have loved it as much as I did? Kraków is the other side of the coin. The entire week
Olomouc is a very pleasant place. But in the summer, when I feel the most lively, I want to be in a similarly lively place. Olomouc is a college town without much going on in July. Half or more of the businesses I passed were closed, either for the season or for part of the
Prague is my new favorite. I know, I know. I’ve had a lot of “new favorite” cities on this trip: Kaohsiung, València, Porto, and Ljubljana have all preceded Prague in this designation. And with some very promising cities still to come (I’m thinking of you, Kraków and Tallinn) on this trip, it’s entirely possible Prague