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April is among the most stunning months in Prague — as a result of it’s when the cherry blossoms burst into bloom. It’s one of the crucial blissful occasions to go to this metropolis.
After spending most of February and March touring, I used to be delighted to spend a complete month inside the metropolis of Prague. It wasn’t very thrilling — nevertheless it was precisely what I wanted.
Locations Visited
Highlights
Cherry blossom season. It’s so fleeting and such a good looking time to be in Prague. I really like how my neighborhood is especially awash in cherry blossoms!
Internet hosting Easter dinner in Prague. Charlie and I had a number of pals over, and we had a beautiful day. Klara made vitello tonnato, Charlie made roasted lamb and mashed potatoes, and I made dessert (extra on that under).
Actually bonding with the cats this month. Charlie is Lewis’s human, and he normally simply thinks I’m “the woman,” however this month Charlie went on a enterprise journey and we obtained to bond and cuddle collectively.
And now Murray and I’ve bonded to a degree the place he sleeps towards me each evening, for no less than a bit. I feel I’m formally Murray’s human now.
Celebrating two years of marriage. Charlie and I spent our anniversary at one in all our favourite Prague eating places, Aromi, consuming one in all our favourite dishes, their truffle pasta.
My first vintage-fashion-by-the-kilo sale. I ended up getting a Valentino jacket and a Max Mara blazer for simply 55 EUR, in addition to a not-Hermès-but-clearly-Hermès-inspired scarf that felt gloriously silky for simply 5 EUR. It was wonderful what was simply hanging out on the racks!
Each of them are a bit massive for me, so I’d get them tailor-made down — or promote them for an affordable worth, as bigger garments are sometimes robust to search out in Europe.
Challenges
Not a lot unhealthy occurred this month, aside from some boring enterprise stuff that was extra annoying than anything.
We did take the cats for an out of doors go to for the primary time ever, taking them out onto our neighborhood sq. of their carriers, with them on leashes and one door open. Earlier than at the moment, they solely went outdoors to go to the vet.
And the cats…have been terrified the entire time. Hid within the nook of their carriers, ultimately obtained up the nerve to show round and have a look at every little thing round them. Lewis hissed at a bit of canine that obtained too shut; Murray didn’t even wish to go after the birds.
So we do wish to take them outdoors once more…however I hope they’re much less scared.
I’m nonetheless getting physiotherapy for the hip harm I’ve been coping with, and it’s been taking a bit longer than anticipated to get my baseline degree of mobility again. Generally it’s nearly there; generally it feels frozen. I’m grateful there is no such thing as a extra ache, although.
Weblog Posts of the Month
Most Fashionable Reel on Instagram
This month, I obtained my fifth million-view Instagram reel, and my first-ever million-view TikTok!
It’s about my prediction for the place the 4 season of The White Lotus will happen — and naturally, I embarrassingly pronounced the city unsuitable, which is perhaps why it went so viral!! You’ll be able to watch it on Instagram or on TikTok.
Different movies of the month embrace What’s it actually wish to journey to Bhutan?, Will Individuals Be Handled Badly in Europe?, and What to Put on on an In a single day Flight.
For extra journey movies, observe me on Instagram at @adventurouskate or on TikTok at @adventurouskate.
What I Cooked This Month
This month, I obtained a Le Creuset Petal Braiser, which I noticed and instantly thought it was probably the most stunning pan I’ve ever seen. They’re expensive, however they’ll final a long time, and I intend to make use of mine ceaselessly.
Mine is within the berry shade that isn’t at present obtainable within the US, however a number of different stunning colours are!
Up to now I’ve cooked a number of focaccias, rooster piccata, pasta sauces, a cacio e pepe Dutch child, rooster cutlets. And for Easter, I baked a large skillet chocolate chip cookie for my pals to share.
I used this recipe from NYT Cooking (gifted hyperlink), and it got here out SO good (although I did use half milk chocolate and half darkish chocolate, which I feel makes an awesome combine). Nothing like a melty-in-the-center cookie to complete a particular meal!
What I Watched This Month
This month, my two massive suggestions are “go in figuring out as little about it as doable” suggestions.
For TV, I used to be obsessive about Paradise. You probably have a That is Us-shaped gap in your coronary heart, you want to watch this — it has the identical showrunner (Dan Fogelman), similar star (Sterling Okay. Brown), and even the identical composer (Siddhartha Kosla), which provides to the environment.
Sterling Okay. Brown performs the lead Secret Service agent for the U.S. President, who has been murdered. After which the present goes in an sudden course.
And for films, I completely beloved Sinners. Directed by Ryan Coogler and starring not one however two Michael B. Jordans (one thing I’ll by no means complain about, ever), it’s a interval piece set within the Mississippi Delta in 1932 — and goes in some really wild instructions.
That is technically a horror film — however in case you’re a scaredy-cat like me, don’t let that maintain you away. There aren’t any jumpscares; it’s extra of an motion film. I even walked dwelling alone at evening after seeing it with no points.
(And since I dealt with Sinners so properly, a number of days later, I made a decision to look at Us for the primary time. Now THAT is a very scary movie! I couldn’t sleep for days!!!)
What I Listened To This Month
I’m listening to all 500 of Rolling Stone‘s 500 Best Albums of All Time, which I’m having fun with immensely. I’m loving discovering new artists and listening to albums I’ve by some means missed my complete life till now!
In April, I listened to albums 400-373. Listed below are the highlights:
Favourite Discovery: In Rainbows by Radiohead. This album was famously the world’s first pay-what-you-wish album by a significant artist, launched in 2007, however I had no concept how stunning an album it was. I’ve by no means actually listened to Radiohead; I’ve solely heard their songs right here and there. However that is so LIGHT and PRETTY and FULL OF STRINGS. God, I really like strings. Give me all of the strings.
I even have to provide a shout-out to Brian Wilson Presents “Smile” by Brian Wilson for being such a posh, sudden album. There may be a lot lore behind this album I received’t go into — however assume The Seaside Boys, solely darker, extra mature, and combined up in a carnival. I needed to take heed to it twice to actually get it, however WHAT A RIDE.
Different Favourite Discoveries: Diana by Diana Ross; One thing/Something? by Todd Rundgren; Younger, Gifted and Black by Aretha Franklin; Kaleidoscope by Kelis; When We All Fall Asleep, The place Do We Go? by Billie Eilish.
Favourite Revisited Album: The Emancipation of Mimi by Mariah Carey. This was Mariah’s massive comeback album when it got here out in 2005 — and actually, it’s rattling near PERFECT. Mariah’s inimitable voice, Jermaine Dupri’s manufacturing, among the finest songs of the period, wrapped up in love, heartbreak, and empowerment. It additionally doesn’t sound dated in any respect.
Honorary point out to Black Messiah by D’Angelo and the VanGuard, an album I’ve listened to recurrently because it got here out in 2014. D’Angelo hadn’t launched an album since 2000’s Voodoo, and since then he almost died in a automobile accident and determined to study to play guitar from scratch for his subsequent album. And the album is SO good. Darkish. Fierce. Romantic.
Favourite Songs: “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, “The Second” by Tame Impala, “New Romantics” by Taylor Swift, “Ghetto Youngsters” by Kelis, “Keep the Night time” by Mariah Carey, “Bizarre Fishes / Arpeggi” by Radiohead.
Get the playlist: I’m making a playlist of my favourite songs from the five hundred albums — most one per album — on Spotify. You’ll be able to take heed to it right here.
Lowlight of the Month: Shifting Photos by Rush. I didn’t get this album, nor the sound of the band, in any respect. It sounded…nearly like a joke?! In all probability finest to say that I’m not the target market.
Random Ideas: My favourite tune of the month was “Maps” by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, which I had heard once in a while however by no means actually listened to carefully. Oddly, I couldn’t stand many of the album till that tune.
And a few enjoyable details: Kelis and Juvenile each have songs referred to as “Ghetto Youngsters.” Taylor Swift and Todd Rundgren each have songs referred to as “Slut.” And apparently a number of songs about Kokomo exist, as a result of Aretha Franklin has one referred to as “First Snow in Kokomo.”
Coming Up in Could 2025
This month will almost totally be spent in Prague as properly. Towards the top of the month, Charlie and I are throwing a celebration for Charlie’s fiftieth birthday and our second anniversary, and we will probably be welcoming a lot of family and friends to our metropolis.
On the finish of the month, my good friend Cailin and I will probably be heading to Kraków, Poland, for a number of days. I visited Kraków again in 2016 and completely fell in love with the town. I hope it’s pretty much as good as I keep in mind.
What are your plans for Could? Share away!
