Thos Robert
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Thos Robert is an avid traveler who is presently dividing his time between Prague, Czech Republic, Boston, Massachusetts, and Phoenix, Arizona.
Thos Robert is an avid traveler who is presently dividing his time between Prague, Czech Republic, Boston, Massachusetts, and Phoenix, Arizona.
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Degrees in History and English
Degrees in History and English
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For the traveler to New York that has seen all the major sites, or maybe just for the traveler who wants to get away from the crowds of tourists, there are a lot of sites in New York that rarely make into the average travel guide.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/17/2007 | Read more »
No longer the "Mistake by the Lake," Cleveland today has a nice blend of well-preserved history which nicely contrasts the new and modern Cleveland that has emerged over the last 15 years
By Thos Robert | Published 7/17/2007 | Read more »
Winnetka, the leafy residential town of 12,000, which takes it name from "Winnetka" (a Native American word meaning "beautiful land"), has been the hometown of some very well known people. You might be surprised to find out who they are
By Thos Robert | Published 7/17/2007 | Read more »
The Battle of Dorchester Heights is a Revolutionary War battle that is unfortunately little known. Perhaps that is because there were no battlefield heroics, or, for that matter, any battlefield casualties.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Some of the best memories that travelers have are those of times when they had a chance to meet some of the local people, spend some time with them and enjoy their company. In many places, this can be difficult, and the Czech Republic is one of those places
By Thos Robert | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Boston, Massachusetts is, of course, full of history, and any casual visitor to Boston can easily find Colonial history, Revolutionary history, as well as history from the Federal and Victorian periods of the 19th century.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
When visiting the Czech city of Prague, interacting with the locals can be a little frustrating. You not only have linguistic and cultural differences to overcome, there are unseen barriers. And it is these barriers that usually prove to torment the visitor.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
The Czech capital city of Prague, like any older city, can best be described as being a mosaic whose parts are made up of its neighborhoods.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/6/2007 | Read more »
Skoda employs approximately 26,000 workers at three different facilities in the Czech Republic, and they recently successfully concluded labor negotiations that includes a variable pay raise that is based upon production
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
When the old burying grounds in Boston and Cambridge starting closing due to overcrowding, an alternative site for burying the dead was sought and found on what was then the rural outskirts of Cambridge
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
If you're in Prague, and you're looking for an Irish pub experience, Molly Malone's may just be the pub for you. Located a short walk from Old Town Square, you'll find Molly Malone's to be a friendly pub, conveniently located in the Center of Prague
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Anyone who has ever been to Boston probably has some experience traveling along the city's famous Freedom Trail. But visitors should know that there is much more to Boston than its Freedom Trail
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
American author and raconteur, Mark Twain once remarked of Montreal, "This is the first time I was ever in a city where you couldn't throw a brick without breaking a church window."
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
There's a new tour in Boston, whose vehicles have just started winding their way through Boston's streets and waterways, and it's called Boston Super Duck Tours. And no, it's no relation to the very popular and well known Boston Duck Tours
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Known as "America's First College Town," and home to both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge is truly a unique city with plenty of history, culture, refreshment and shopping for any traveler.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
Various International organizations that protect Holocaust victims and survivors have resubmitted their complaints that the Czech government has allowed a pig farm to stay in place on land that was once a Nazi internment camp for Romanies
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
The Hotel Ostel in Berlin is the latest effort by some former residents of the collapsed German Democratic Republic to take a nostalgic look at the Communist era and recapture some of the benign elements of life in communist East Germany
By Thos Robert | Published 7/5/2007 | Read more »
It has just been recently announced that Vaclav Havel, the former President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic will be returning to his first love, the theatre, for the first time in 18 years
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
When the Czech Republic joined the European Union in 2004, not many Czechs were very optimistic in regards to the United States and Canada changing their tourist visa requirement for Czech citizens at any time in the foreseeable future
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
Most casual listeners of Mozart know that he was from Salzburg, Austria, and that he moved to Vienna as a young man in order to pursue musical fame. But what most people don't know is that Mozart had a very special relationship with the city of Prague, Czech Republic
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
When I saw the headline I couldn't believe it. "Moscow Ranks As World's Priciest City." The AP dispatch begins like this, "Moscow is the world's most expensive city for the second year in a row, thanks to an appreciating ruble and rising housing costs, a new survey reports."
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
As more and more savvy travelers are finding the Vinohrady neighborhood of Prague, with its largely tourist-free streets, lovely 19th century architecture, and affordable boutique hotels, the neighborhood restaurant industry has been experiencing a boom.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
Jeff Givens dives for golf balls for a living. That's right, all those golf balls that you knock into the water hazards at your local golf course have to be retrieved by somebody, and Jeff is one of the thousands of divers who make their living diving for golf balls.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
The news in Arizona has been filling up with so many stories of coyote attacks over the course of the last couple of years that it's threatening to drop from the news because these attacks have nearly become a daily occurrence.
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
If you're in Prague and you want to find an Irish bar that does not offer a single Czech dish, check out J.J. Murphy's in the Mala Strana section of Prague
By Thos Robert | Published 7/2/2007 | Read more »
Not too long ago, I had a chance to visit the Biodôme in Montreal. And while it is certainly less than advertised, the Biodôme is interesting all the same. It's a kind of zoo, but not quite so. Instead, it attempts to recreate four different world environments.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/28/2007 | Read more »
Last week, the European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) held a press conference to denounce the idea of privatizing the Czech state-owned brewery, Budejovicky Budvar, brewer of the popular export beer, Budweiser Budvar (Czechvar in the United States).
By Thos Robert | Published 6/28/2007 | Read more »
Boston was founded in the name of "religious freedom," so it is not surprising to that the city has a very interesting history in regards to religion and its churches. Some of that history can be experienced today by the casual traveler.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/28/2007 | Read more »
Nathanial Hawthorne is generally considered the first truly great writer of literature in America. His novels such as The Scarlet Letter, The House of Seven Gables, The Blithesdale Romance, and The Marble Faun set the bar for 19th century literature.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/28/2007 | Read more »
Massachusetts is well known for it Revolutionary history, but it also has a strong literary history, and this history can be experienced by the literary traveler today by visiting the historic house museums of some of America's greatest writers.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
The city of Concord, Massachusetts boasts of the being the most historic city in America. Most people know of Concord's place in the American Revolutionary War, the Battle at the North Bridge and the Shot Heard Round the World
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
Chase Park in Phoenix, Arizona opened ten years ago and is the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball franchise. It is a "modern-traditional" ball park, a style that became popular after the success of Camden Yards in Baltimore.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
When you're in downtown Phoenix and you're looking for an affordable sports bar where you can watch the game, drink some beer, and perhaps have a burger or sandwich, Majerle's Sports Grill is probably the place for you.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
Though sometimes confused by tourists visiting Boston, the Old North Church and the Old South Meeting House, despite their cosmetic similarities, cannot be more different.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts is one of the most unique art museums in the world.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
Henry Hobson Richardson is, without argument, one of the most important architects in American history, and in Boston, Massachusetts, there are two of his most historically significant churches, the Trinity Church on Copley Square and the nearby First Baptist Church.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
When you're in downtown Boston, and you're looking for no frills Tex-Mex cuisine at very good prices, there's only one place to go, Fajitas & Ritas, located just one block from the famous Boston Common.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/18/2007 | Read more »
If you're wandering the Center of Prague in search of a restaurant that resembles something like you'd expect to find in America, there is a place for you, Red Hot & Blues, located less than ten minutes from the Old Town Square by foot.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/14/2007 | Read more »
If you're in Prague on a holiday, and you're looking for a familiar atmosphere to drink a beer, eat some food, and watch some sports from back home, you can do a lot worse than Legends Sports Bar, located just off of the Old Town Square in Prague.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/14/2007 | Read more »
The Lion's Bar is not for everybody. That is to say that The Lion's Bar in Prague specifically caters to a specific clientele, and that clientele is British Sports fans and their mates.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/14/2007 | Read more »
To experience a little bit of the Art Nouveau in Prague, the restaurant Kolkovna, located near the Old Town Square, is the perfect place.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/14/2007 | Read more »
If you're in Prague and you want to go just a little bit off the beaten path and experience a little bit of the local culture without getting completely lost in it, I would suggest visiting a place called Pivovarsky Dum.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/14/2007 | Read more »
Boston, Massachusetts, unlike New York or Chicago, is not a city well known for its skyscrapers, which unfortunately means that Boston's skyscrapers go largely unnoticed by both the casual observer and architectural expert.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/13/2007 | Read more »
The modern skyscrapers of Boston, Massachusetts are not the tallest, nor are they the most beautiful. But their stories do say a lot about the modern history of Boston, as well as America.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/13/2007 | Read more »
There are many imitators in many cities all around the world, but Boston's Freedom Trail is the original
By Thos Robert | Published 6/11/2007 | Read more »
The village of Oak Park, Illinois has been the home to some of America's most successful people.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
The King's Chapel is not only one of the most historic churches in Boston, it has one of the most beautiful interiors in all New England.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
In downtown Boston, there are five historic house museums open to the public. Most of them are not very well known, but all of them are truly special.
By Thos Robert | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
Located just a block from Prague's famous Wenceslaus Square, Restaurace Jama has been a welcoming haven for weary American travelers and expats for years. (See below for specific directions.)
By Thos Robert | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
More and more municipalities throughout America and the world have relegated the enforcement of traffic laws to a system of automated cameras. But this system is not only far from perfect, it is full of holes (or loop holes, if you will).
By Thos Robert | Published 6/8/2007 | Read more »
If you're in Prague, and you're looking for an authentic Czech dining experience at real Czech prices, in a conveniently located area, and free from the throng of tourists, you really can't go wrong with Restaurace U Bulinu in the Vinohrady section of Prague.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
As a travel destination, the first thing to say about Venice is that it truly lives up to the hype surrounding its romance and history. The city really is one of a kind, and it should not be missed by any traveler in the region.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Presented by the Old South Meeting House and the Massachusetts Historical Society, Banned is largely the product of the Emerson College Theatre Department, or rather people associated with Emerson's Theatre Dept.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Not a stranger to controversy, the American pop icon Madonna is once again gaining headlines by challenging contemporary standards, but this time it has nothing to do with music or photography or sexuality or social mores or for that matter, anything that she had intended.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Tucson, located in the heart of Arizona's Sonora Desert is a surprising gem for any visitor, offering much more than its average of 350 days of annual sunshine.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Known as the "City of Brotherly Love," Philadelphia has a long history of promoting personal freedom and is well known as a center of the American Revolution
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Milwaukee, a city of 1.7 million inhabitants, is a moderately large city that offers more than its fair share in regards to high quality tourist attractions, but at the same time, it can somehow maintain the regional charm of a small city.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
When English professor Kathryn Milun first came to Tempe to teach at Arizona State University, she considered it her dream job, a great place to live, to work, and finally a great place to earn tenure.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Arizona's favorite sheriff, Phoenix's Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has proven yet again that tough sheriffs can get even tougher.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Despite being the most interesting center of live music in the American southwest, as well as a being center of government, technology and education in Texas, the city of Austin seems to get easily forgotten by traveler.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/24/2007 | Read more »
Chicago, built along the banks of Lake Michigan and along its tributary, the Chicago River, is a dynamic city that combines an appreciation of its past with a yearning to lead towards the future.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/9/2007 | Read more »
Texas is, of course, big and is home to countless of interesting and entertaining sites for the visitor.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/9/2007 | Read more »
For the past decade or so, at any given time, the American brewer Anheuser-Bush and the Czech state-owned brewery Budejovicky Budvar have been involved in dozens of lawsuits in courts all around the world, from Australia and the Americas, to Europe and Asia, even Africa.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/9/2007 | Read more »
For the traveler looking for a crossroads of old world charm and 20th Century modernity, one need look no further than the Austrian capitol of Vienna.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/1/2007 | Read more »
Francis Foley is a manager at U Draka, a pub in the center of Prague, and I recently sat down with him over a beer to ask him twenty questions about what it's like being a pub manager in Prague.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/1/2007 | Read more »
Zurich is a city of about 370,000 (there are approximately 1.3 million inhabitants in the canton of Zurich) and is the largest city in Switzerland.
By Thos Robert | Published 5/1/2007 | Read more »
Boston is known as one of the most expensive cities in America and for good reason. But there is still a lot a traveler can do in Boston without spending a single dollar.
By Thos Robert | Published 4/30/2007 | Read more »
Teaching English as a foreign language is a way to live abroad, pay your bills, and meet local people in a comfortable English speaking environment. It will never make you rich, but it's an experience that you'll never forget.
By Thos Robert | Published 4/27/2007 | Read more »
No visit to the Czech Republic is complete without a visit to a traditional Czech pub, arguably the center of Czech social life. And below you will find some of the things you should know before sitting down in a pub in Prague.
By Thos Robert | Published 4/6/2007 | Read more »
I'm an American who has lived most of the last four years in Prague, and while nobody has actually asked my advice regarding a list of 10 things a foreign visitor should know before visiting Prague, I thought I'd take it upon myself to perform such a service.
By Thos Robert | Published 3/15/2007 | Read more »
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