A few weeks back, I found myself waiting again, so I went to Fully Booked. This time, I was sold on getting Lonely Planet's Travel Writing book.
I've been wanting to write about my trips but always hesitated. I had so many issues. First, it was choosing what to write about. Second, how public do I want to go with personal experiences. Third, what can I offer that guidebooks have not? And, everybody's doing it so what would make my chronicles special? Add to the fact that I think I don't write prose well, at all. I can write policy papers, but travel articles, I struggle.
Somehow though, all those vivid memories selectively captured in pictures will be replaced by new memories and its impact would be different. (Read Milan Kundera's Laughter and Forgetting to understand what I am talking about.) So it is better to write as soon as possible. Not necessarily as it happens, but probably as soon as you hit the shake down - some relative peace. Start writing.
So finding LP's book was such a blessing in disguise! That's why I like waiting in book shops. I wander around like a child in a toy store looking at books without the intention to buy, yet I leave like a child with a candy cane on Christmas. Oh so happy!
To add on the joyous discovery of the book, Fully Booked had a promo of getting their discount card for free for a minimum purchase of PhP 2000.00 Since the LP book only costs PhP 950.00 I was on the search for add-ons. I intended to charge it on the office account so I was looking for another travel book.
Although published in 2003, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die will always be handy for anyone who aspires to travel. Hoping no natural or man-made disaster happens, god-willing, Machu Pichu or the Iguazu Falls will still be there - waiting for us to have a chance and visit them.
Still, I did not need the book. I skimmed the book to convince myself I needed it. All it took was a random page, the one on the Czech Republic no less! Call it divine intervention for me. Haha!
Adding to my amusement, I've been to all the places listed for the Czech Republic. Perhaps anyone reading this who knows me personally would say, of course it would be natural for me to have been there given my circumstances. But yeah, I have been. Knowing that convinced me that I shoud get that too. Since the bill was still under PhP 2,000.00, I added a tiny seafood cookbook and a pen. Et voila, total:Php 2,001.00
Seven places were listed under the Czech Republic in the book. Honestly, I was able to visit all those place in a span of almost nine years. According to the book, the places to visit in the Czech Republic are the following:
1. Karlovy Vary - a royal spa town in eastern Bohemia.
2. Cesky Krumlov - a living medieval town in southern Bohemia, and is very close to Ceske Budejovice and Hluboka.
3. Hradcany - the Prague Castle complex.
4. Karluv Most - More popularly known as the Charles Bridge.
5. Estates Theater - Right in the center of the Old Town, this is where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni.
6. Stareometska Namesti - In English, it's the Old Town Square. Here, you'll find the Astronomical Clock, Orloj in Czech.
7. U Fleku - It has had the license to make beer since 1499.
I think there are more, and better places to see in the Czech Republic than the ones listed above. But, I can only say this because I have been there. Oh well!
I'll definitely write about the seven places and more about the Czech Republic in separate detailed entries in the future. Each destination deserves its own post, especially the interesting circumstances of my visits.
I've been wanting to write about my trips but always hesitated. I had so many issues. First, it was choosing what to write about. Second, how public do I want to go with personal experiences. Third, what can I offer that guidebooks have not? And, everybody's doing it so what would make my chronicles special? Add to the fact that I think I don't write prose well, at all. I can write policy papers, but travel articles, I struggle.Somehow though, all those vivid memories selectively captured in pictures will be replaced by new memories and its impact would be different. (Read Milan Kundera's Laughter and Forgetting to understand what I am talking about.) So it is better to write as soon as possible. Not necessarily as it happens, but probably as soon as you hit the shake down - some relative peace. Start writing.
So finding LP's book was such a blessing in disguise! That's why I like waiting in book shops. I wander around like a child in a toy store looking at books without the intention to buy, yet I leave like a child with a candy cane on Christmas. Oh so happy!
To add on the joyous discovery of the book, Fully Booked had a promo of getting their discount card for free for a minimum purchase of PhP 2000.00 Since the LP book only costs PhP 950.00 I was on the search for add-ons. I intended to charge it on the office account so I was looking for another travel book.
Although published in 2003, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die will always be handy for anyone who aspires to travel. Hoping no natural or man-made disaster happens, god-willing, Machu Pichu or the Iguazu Falls will still be there - waiting for us to have a chance and visit them.Still, I did not need the book. I skimmed the book to convince myself I needed it. All it took was a random page, the one on the Czech Republic no less! Call it divine intervention for me. Haha!
Adding to my amusement, I've been to all the places listed for the Czech Republic. Perhaps anyone reading this who knows me personally would say, of course it would be natural for me to have been there given my circumstances. But yeah, I have been. Knowing that convinced me that I shoud get that too. Since the bill was still under PhP 2,000.00, I added a tiny seafood cookbook and a pen. Et voila, total:Php 2,001.00
Seven places were listed under the Czech Republic in the book. Honestly, I was able to visit all those place in a span of almost nine years. According to the book, the places to visit in the Czech Republic are the following:
1. Karlovy Vary - a royal spa town in eastern Bohemia.
2. Cesky Krumlov - a living medieval town in southern Bohemia, and is very close to Ceske Budejovice and Hluboka.
3. Hradcany - the Prague Castle complex.
4. Karluv Most - More popularly known as the Charles Bridge.
5. Estates Theater - Right in the center of the Old Town, this is where Mozart premiered Don Giovanni.
6. Stareometska Namesti - In English, it's the Old Town Square. Here, you'll find the Astronomical Clock, Orloj in Czech.
7. U Fleku - It has had the license to make beer since 1499.
I think there are more, and better places to see in the Czech Republic than the ones listed above. But, I can only say this because I have been there. Oh well!
I'll definitely write about the seven places and more about the Czech Republic in separate detailed entries in the future. Each destination deserves its own post, especially the interesting circumstances of my visits.
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