At Home on Travels

Since international travel has been so complicated (and in my case a flight to the UK was cancelled), many people have been finding their cultural experiences closer to where they live. And what we find there may be surprisingly interesting and even beautiful. In the Czech Republic, visiting tourist centres where the tourists are mainly Czechs and Moravians creates a special atmosphere.

In our case, although we knew that many restaurateurs or hoteliers were missing the business of foreign guests (and foreign guests, when they were visiting, were getting a unique amount of attention), there was a sense of almost pleasure to be using their familiar language, talking freely to guests who were comfortable simply…