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The D1

Just recently I have been commuting regularly between Brno and Prague along the infamous D1. The D1 is the main highway in the Czech Republic and it is one of the most dangerous roads in Europe. It has only two lanes on each side for...

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January 8, 2012
Czech Culture
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Xmas in Brno

Czech Xmas

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...

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November 29, 2011
Czech Culture
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Czech Nightingales

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...

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November 27, 2011
Czech Culture
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Good Coffee

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...

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November 25, 2011
Czech Culture
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A hospital Stay in Brno

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,...

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November 22, 2011
Czech Culture
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All Souls Day

All Souls day occurs on November 2nd and, in the Czech Republic, it is taken very seriously. Stores start selling candles and little lanterns that you can place candles in as well as wreaths and flowers and cemeteries are visited by people who clean up...

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October 31, 2011
Czech Culture
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Czech Government Offers Citizen Bonds

The Czech Government is offering its citizens the ability to invest in the national debt. The Czech Finance Ministry has started taking orders for state bonds designed for individual investors. The pilot emission includes three bond types: one-year discount savings state bonds, five-year savings coupon...

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October 4, 2011
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Funny Ad in Brno

Posted on the side of a building by the office block I work in in Brno was this advertisement…. I’ve been puzzling ever since why on earth anyone would call their real estate firm “Lookey”. Did they mean a play on Looking? or are they...

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May 18, 2011
Czech Culture
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What’s In A Name?

In the Czech Republic, you have a birthday AND a name day (svatek). People text you happy name day and you get small gifts and so on from friends and relatives. It’s a neat idea really. If you buy a Czech diary, it lists the...

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April 18, 2011
Czech Culture
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The Sex Industry in the Czech Republic

I have tried to avoid this topic directly for some time but the masses of Stag Party revelers you see in Prague disturb me and actually anger me in the way that they treat the Czech Republic and the Czech female generally. There is a...

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April 15, 2011
Czech Culture
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