Czech Republic

Czech Republic

 

A Skoda 706 RTO bus built in 1967 with a PO 01 trailer (Polish fabrication, built in 1972) during a short stop in Kokasice, Plzen county.

Secondhand postcards: Czech Republic

Prague, stamped July 6, 1994 (I was there two weeks later! Funny coincidence!) showing the Vltava river and Prague castle, residence of the Czech President. As I’ve mentioned, I’ve been there too, countless times, but unfortunately not since Christmas 2004. The stamp is about the Youth World championship in weightlifting, whose 1993 edition took place in Cheb.

Brno: stamped July 27, 1988, during the last 18 months of the Communist era. If I remember right, I’ve never been to Brno proper (seen from Prague, it’s on the other end of the country) but to several nearby towns and sights. I wonder how the hotel Voronezh is named today, if it still exists (Voronezh is a Russian city) and what became of the Red Army monument?

For comparison: Today’s postage is 20 CZK.

Postcard from Czech Republic

This wonderful map card was mailed to me from the town of Kvasiny (just above the lower set of pictures on the map). My favorite card from Czech Republic so far! 

Postcard from Czech Republic

It came slightly damaged, but I was so excited to get the first postcard from my mother's home country, and even better, showing the perhaps most famous view of her hometown. (Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Mala Strana)

Off the record: I just learned that I won the December giveaway on Unescards. Yay!