Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts

Thursday, October 11, 2012

A Desert Country by The Sea: Bohemia

Shakespeare gives the famous description of "Bohemia, a desert country by the sea" in his play A Winter’s Tale. Bohemia today is part of the Czech Republic and one of the greenest and most beautiful holidaying regions in Central Europe. But there was system to the madness of Shakespeare's description.