Our neighbors surprised us again with some fun snacks from Czechia left over from their Universal Yums box! When I studied Czechia as a child, it was still part of Czechoslovakia, so it was fun to get to learn about what has happened since then and focus on the Czech culture. Full of castles and old traditions, it sounds like a country we would love to visit!
Video List
- Geography Now! Czech Republic (Czechia)
- Flag Friday! Czech Republic (Czechia)
- 14 Must-Try Foods & Drinks in Prague
- The Breakup of Czechoslovakia (Velvet Revolution) - short 4 minute animated video with a good timeline of events leading up to, part of, and the aftermath of the Velvet Revolution
- Czech Republic - 10 Interesting Facts - narrator is a little bland, but the facts are actually interesting
- Interesting Cultural Facts & Traditions of the Czech Republic - we lost interest in the middle of the last speaker's stories, but overall was enjoyable to watch
- A Super Quick History of the Czech Republic
- Top 10 Places to Visit in the Czech Republic
- Wolters World - 10 Shocks of Visiting the Czech Republic - nothing super shocking, but good information, and we like Wolters World videos
- 10 Things Not to Do in Czech Republic - not our favorite video, but I left it in because it is useful if you are actually going to travel there soon, and it mentions the wooden marionettes, which we encountered at our Czech restaurant later on
- Do You Feel Like a Typical Czech? - this was a video we watched to give us a taste of what the language Czech sounds like
There were some fun and unusual (to us) flavor combinations in the Czechia snacks we received from our friends. Our kids enjoyed the apple cinnamon gummy straws:
On the other hand, my favorite was the spicy mustard chips!
Coming home from an activity, we stumbled across Sasha's European Market and HAD to go in and check it out! While it mostly carries Russian goods, they did have some sparkling water from Czechia that we purchased to go along with all of our snacks.
We were also lucky enough to find an authentic Czech restaurant! A quick Google search turned up Little Gretel, which we had always thought was just a German restaurant. Reading this article from the San Antonio magazine set us straight, and we were super excited to go!
We ordered the Svickova (beef with bread dumplings - on the far left), spaetzle (center left), Bohemian herb roasted duck (top middle), Jaeger Schnitzel (bottom center), Czech potato salad (center right), and Bavarian meatloaf (far right). It was all really delicious, and the kids even enjoyed the cabbage.
For dessert, we ordered Czech kolaches in all of the offered varieties: farmer's cheese and fruit, poppyseed, and plum jelly. We divvied them up so that we each got to try every flavor. We decided that we would be very happy eating in Czechia!
