I have always been aware of it but earning your living as a tour guide you confront that every day. Every day, when you are giving a tour, you realize that there are no two people who, looking at the same object, building, place, statue, whatever, would also see the same thing and that even […]
Author: Martina McLenehan
Prague – the Queen and a Slut
As all exceptional beauties, Prague attracts all kinds of attention. Apart from lovers of classical music, history and architecture geeks it also attracts greed and lust. So in Prague, next to the refined concert halls and striking palaces you can also find cheats, pickpockets, infamous bars, prostitutes, pimps…
Love in Prague
My friend, who is a Canadian and has lived in several European countries, says Prague is doomed. He claims that nowhere else in the world he found it so difficult to find a girlfriend.
Why You Should Visit Prague
Why should you visit Prague?
Tours For Weasels and Goats
He came on my tour which I was doing for a free tour company. That means the tour is based on tips only and regardless of the amount you are given, you still need to pay the company for each and every participant a fixed fee. Capitalism at its peak and a cheat considering everyone […]
I Won’t Leave History, I’m a Person!
Not long ago on a peaceful tour I was asked: “Why do you guys hate communists?“ by a British couple. That question from people of the same nationality as George Orwell shattered me more than I would have expected.
CMC, Good Hands in Prague
Dear girls, ladies and here and there some gentlemen, Let me tell you a real story which sounds like a fairy tale without a happy ending.
Who will read my writing now?
Somehow I always expected to hear that from my mum. She’s often at home, she watches TV and listens to the radio and often writes to me about what she heard on the news. Somehow I was sure it would one day come from her.
I’ve Found the Perfect One
I have fallen in love and at the first sight. You would as well if you had as many to compare as I do. Really, I cannot say how many times I have been let down by a café in Prague. Far too many of them are unpleasantly noisy, have a hectic feel, are unappealing […]
Instagram Increases Love for Humankind
Instagram is healthy. I would prescribe it to anyone who despairs of us people, has given up on mankind, keeps having unpleasant experiences with their neighbors but also to those who want to see their value.