AK Monthly Recap: May 2025

May is usually my favorite month of the year in Prague, and this year it paid off big. This year, friends from all over the world flew in for a celebration Charlie and I threw.

Let’s take a look at what made May wonderful!

Destinations Visited

• Prague, Czech Republic
• Kraków and Oświęcim, Poland

Highlights

Throwing a huge anniversary-birthday party. This month, Charlie and I essentially threw a big party to celebrate our second anniversary and Charlie’s birthday.

Friends and family flew in from all over the world, and we basically threw our wedding reception a second time at the same venue, Arthur’s Pub in Prague! It was cozy and delicious and the cake was SO good and there was way too much food, once again…

But overall, it was amazing to have so many of our loved ones in one place once again. And my mom and her friends flew in for ten full days!

This party had a bit of a different vibe than the wedding reception — but it was SO much fun. Once it got late, everyone packed into the lounge part of the bar, where Viktor the bartender kept making everyone frothy cocktails all night and just kept handing them out, not even telling us what he was making!

And we finally wrapped it up at 3:00 AM! I’m so glad we got to throw a special event for our friends. We’re already thinking of throwing the next party in three years…

A special afternoon tea at the Four Seasons. The Prague Four Seasons was one of four Four Seasons offering a special The White Lotus-themed afternoon tea! My friend Klara and I went to enjoy it, which the Four Seasons comped for us.

It was probably the most beautiful afternoon tea I’ve ever seen, and every dish was Thai-influenced. I made an Instagram Reel about it — you can watch it here.

The beginning of a fun trip to Poland. My friend Cailin and I planned a three-day trip to Kraków that spanned both May and June, so I’ll be talking about the May parts here.

One of the absolute highlights was taking Premium Class on the Leo Express. Now, THIS train is a hidden gem in Central Europe. The Premium Class car is tiny — only six seats! — and you get huge cushy seats with an obscene amount of space, as well as lots of food and drinks. And Prague to Kraków, a rare train route otherwise, only costs around $70!

On our first day in Kraków, we visited Auschwitz. This was a tough place to visit, but deeply important and meaningful, and I’m glad we got to witness it. I’ll be writing more about it at a later date.

Espresso cups. This is just a little thing, but I saw a set of six Le Creuset espresso cups in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, never used, on Vinted. I got the set for around $30; they retail for around $80 new.

And those cups were SO worth it during this month of friends visiting — because every time I had a friend over and offered them a macchiato, I would ask them their favorite color, then watch their face light up with a grin when I handed them a coffee in a little red or yellow or purple cup.

And strangely, my little Murray Bear is now obsessed with drones. Where did this come from?! This is a cat who is scared of every contraption — we can’t even have a self-cleaning litter box in our house because they terrify him.

But he loves his dad’s drone. He needs to sit next to it whenever it’s out. He naps next to it. He stays next to it for hours.

And even when the drone takes off, he’s not scared! He just watches it with curiosity! What is up with you, Murray?

Challenges

The weather absolutely sucked this month. May is usually the most beautiful month of the year in Prague, which is why we had our wedding in late May of 2023.

And two years ago, it was absolutely PERFECT. Beautiful spring temperatures, pale blue skies with big fluffy clouds, the kind of weather that makes you want to be outside 24/7. And we were so lucky to have that.

This year? SO COLD. And rainy so much of the time. I felt awful for our friends visiting Prague for the first time who were expecting the best weather and got hit with the chilly temps! And the day after the party, May 26, it was so cold that I actually wore my long wool winter coat over a merino wool cardigan!

This year, we went straight from winter to a brief week of spring in April, back to winter, and then straight into summer. That being said — that’s pretty much what you get in Massachusetts every year, so I guess I’m used to it?

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Most Popular Instagram Reel and TikTok

My most popular Reel in May was about the difference between expats and immigrants. There are so many people complaining that white people never call themselves immigrants, only expats, but that’s not true — you guys know that I talk about being an immigrant in the Czech Republic.

Altogether, the biggest difference between expats and immigrants is whether the intention is to stay permanently. And if you’d like to watch it, you can watch it on Instagram.

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