Wednesday, January 7, 2015

jablonex video from 1960's til present.

Surfing the web, I found an old video of Jablonex on YouTube and thought you might like to see faceting  and stringing of beads.

enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAyUb0zOAJU


Sunday, January 4, 2015

Pictorial tour of Jablonec and area.

Driving around Jablonec nad Nisou and the surrounding villages and mountains, here are some of the things that caught our eye.


Hotel Petrin.

View of Jablonec from Hotel Petrin.

Main square in Jablonec.


On the road to Zelezny Brod.

Love this ad.






Ad for a tailor .






Street scenes in Jablonec.



Old Factory.






Theatre and Opera House in Jablonec.

Bead store.











Glassware - current production - Novy Bor.


Out in the country.

Antik warehouse.


Mala Skala.



Rock climbing in Bohemian Paradise (Cesky Raj).






















Just when you thought it was safe to walk around in the countryside, a civil war re-enactment breaks out.



Jablonec nad Nisou is a town founded in 1352. But its most favorite period was the 1900's with Art Nouveau architecture and facades on buildings.

Just a few pictures we took over the years, Enjoy.