Christmas comes early here. Christmas Eve (24th December) is celebrated as Štědrý den, which means “Generous Day”, when the gifts are given in the evening. The 25th and 26 December are Public holidays in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia. According to tradition, gifts are...
Every year there is a competition in the Czech Republic for the best singers and so on. It’s called Cesky Slavik or Czech Nightingales………. The competition has really become a bit of a joke to everyone except Karel Gott fans. Gott (photo above )- now...
The coffee in the Czech Republic seems to come in three main groups; Turkish Coffee, Instant Coffee and Real Coffee. You can buy all three in a restaurant. Turkish Coffee isn’t my favorite – its like mud and still contains the coffee grinds! Instant Coffee...
I saw on CNN recently that the Sedlec Ossuary at Kutná Hora,- near Prague, was considered one of the top 10 spookiest buildings in the world. The history and reason for being for that Ossuary is outlined at its own website. I visited the Ossuary...
I stayed at a hospital in Brno for several days recently. Czech health care is rather good and social medicine is the norm here. Czechs pay a portion of their taxes towards keeping this system going as well as some reasonable POS fees for prescriptions,...
A spell in a Czech hospital finally gave me the time to read Bus to Bohemia by Posh Parker. Apologies to the author who sent me the book many months ago but I have just been too busy to get past the first page. Bus...
I don’t believe that the Czechs are in love with talent shows but the TV networks seem to be. To be honest, one network – NOVA – started the process so far as I recall a few years ago running Czechoslovak Superstar or whatever and...
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