When travelling through Czech Republic in May, this is really the definition of Czech Republic that will come up to your mind.
Since we joined the European Union everything started to change according to the plans of the Union, including the national agriculture. Earlier, we were quite varied agriculture country ... from my childhood I remember the fields around my village full with different plants like potatoes, corn, grain, poppy seeds, sunflowers, camomile and many fruit orchads like apple, pear, cherry, plum or walnut ... but since the European Union started to order what we need to do to be part of it, the fields are mostly filled with rape plants.
On one hand, I don't like this change because now we need to import many of the food stuff we planted before from abroad which increases the prices of the food and decreases the quality thanks to all the chemicals and preservatives presented in the food in order to last longer. And to be honest, this plant does not have the best smell in the world either. :-(
But, on the other hand, I love the view from the car, bus, train or plain window or from top of a mountain or observation tower in May when mostly all you can see apart of cities, towns, villages and forests is yellowish and looking royal!!!
The royal appearance of my country in May brings me to another reason why you could call it "The Golden Country". And that is its royal history and gold Czech crown jewels.
These jewels served for coronation of Czech kings and their wives from 14th till 19th century. Although the jewels were used 19 times in total from their creation in 1347, there is ONE coronation that everyone should remember and be appreciative of. This one happened in 1723 and it was the coronation of Charles the Fourth, the king that made sure that Prague and Czech Republic will keep royal for many other centuries. Most of the touristic places you are going to Prague for were build by fiat of this very king.
(Later on, you can expect an article bringing the Czech crown jewels and Charles the Fourth closer to you. As soon as it's done, you will find a link in here.)
When writing about the gold of Czech Republic, we can't leave the success of Czech sportsmen on championships and the Olympics out. Naturally, I would be happier writing this paragraph if the Czech ice
hockey team would win the 2015 Ice Hockey World Championship in Prague a few
weeks ago, but the home environment obviously did not agree with the players
and they ended up on the fourth place. However, this slight failure is
definitely not a reason for removing Czech ice hockey from the list of Czech golden sports' activities. Apart from ice-hockey, Czech sportsmen are often winning gold medals on important sport events, for example, in biathlon, speed skating or javelin throwing.
(More articles about sports which Czech people can do the best will be published in the future.)
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