Czechmatediary http://czechmatediary.com Small Bohemian Steps to World Domination.... Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:52:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.21 I’m Pretty much a celebrity now…/Ze bych byla celebrita?! http://czechmatediary.com/2019/11/29/im-pretty-much-a-celebrity-now-ze-bych-byla-celebrita/ http://czechmatediary.com/2019/11/29/im-pretty-much-a-celebrity-now-ze-bych-byla-celebrita/#respond Fri, 29 Nov 2019 22:52:49 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16535 Just recently I have found out I am pretty much related to somebody very famous. Yes, yes, I am exaggerating, but it feels good to do that sometimes. Do you remember Miami Vice, the ridiculously famous TV show from the 80’s? Well, the theme song was written by a Czech music prodigy, Jan Hammer. I […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2019/11/29/im-pretty-much-a-celebrity-now-ze-bych-byla-celebrita/feed/ 0 Czech Christmas…..Out of the mouth of babes/Ceske Vanoce…podle Evicky http://czechmatediary.com/2018/12/02/czech-christmas-out-of-the-mouth-of-babes/ http://czechmatediary.com/2018/12/02/czech-christmas-out-of-the-mouth-of-babes/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2018 18:47:00 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16508 Hello my fellow Czechmatediarians! I am reporting to be still alive and well. I would like to share with you a video of my 8-year-old daughter Ava (Eva), who did a project on family traditions. She picked Czech Christmas and here is the rest…:)) – CLICK ON THE LINK   CZ: Tak takto ma mladsi […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2018/12/02/czech-christmas-out-of-the-mouth-of-babes/feed/ 1 Here there and everywhere/ Jednou tady a pak zas jinde http://czechmatediary.com/2018/08/12/here-there-and-everywhere/ http://czechmatediary.com/2018/08/12/here-there-and-everywhere/#comments Mon, 13 Aug 2018 04:39:17 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16487 I hope you have enjoyed your summer like I did. Our whole family made it to the Czech Republic this year and although my husband could not stay for too long, we made our time count. For a whole week we were city-hopping, airbnb-ing, and doing the tourist-kinda-stuff. Turns out, I have never been to […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2018/08/12/here-there-and-everywhere/feed/ 4 Who needs geography?! Just ask Siri!/ Kdo potrebuje zemepis? Zeptej se Siri! http://czechmatediary.com/2018/05/13/who-needs-geography-just-ask-siri/ http://czechmatediary.com/2018/05/13/who-needs-geography-just-ask-siri/#comments Mon, 14 May 2018 04:21:06 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16470 There are only a few things I could criticize about the US and one of them is the knowledge of (or the lack of) geography – mostly the wold geography. When people have asked me in the past (especially during my college years) what ocean beaches the Czechs go to, what part of Russia is […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2018/05/13/who-needs-geography-just-ask-siri/feed/ 6 New day – new Czech president/ Novy den – novy cesky prezident http://czechmatediary.com/2018/02/03/new-day-new-czech-president/ http://czechmatediary.com/2018/02/03/new-day-new-czech-president/#respond Sat, 03 Feb 2018 18:14:18 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16464 Milos Zeman was recently re-elected as a new Czech president and many people are not happy. To be precise, Milos Zeman won the election by just over 150,000 electoral votes. Since the Czechs elect their president directly, those are 150,000 average folks, not politicians. The older people tend to vote for Zeman, while the younger […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2018/02/03/new-day-new-czech-president/feed/ 0 St. Nicholas did not fail us again /Mikulas nas tento rok opet nezklamal http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/21/st-nicholas-did-not-fail-us-this-year/ http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/21/st-nicholas-did-not-fail-us-this-year/#comments Fri, 22 Dec 2017 05:50:48 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16451 Even this year our dear St. Nicholas descended from heavens and kindly presented himself at our Czech school. I am not sure what is happening with the evil powers in the world but the devil seems to be meaner and meaner each year (he even brought his mini-me!). We managed to protect our kids and […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/21/st-nicholas-did-not-fail-us-this-year/feed/ 2 Which Czech (Slovak) Christmas cookies are your favorite? / Ktere cukrovi mate nejradeji? http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/15/which-czech-slovak-christmas-cookies-are-your-favorite/ http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/15/which-czech-slovak-christmas-cookies-are-your-favorite/#comments Sat, 16 Dec 2017 04:47:27 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16439 Which cukrovi (click for recipes here) is your favorite? I can’t wait to see the results! If you liked this post buy me a coffee! (Suggested:$3 a latte $8 for a pound) Thanks!

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/15/which-czech-slovak-christmas-cookies-are-your-favorite/feed/ 2 I am still alive! / Jsem stale ziva! http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/11/still-alive-jsem-stale-ziva/ http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/11/still-alive-jsem-stale-ziva/#comments Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:04:53 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16422 Hi everyone!   Has it been already over a year since I have written my last post??!! How shameful of me! Well, as you might imagine a lots has happened. I am now a real certified teacher with a real teacher job. I teach home schooled  kids in a local charter school and I am […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2017/12/11/still-alive-jsem-stale-ziva/feed/ 8 Czech Olympics and other business / Ceska Olympiada a atd. http://czechmatediary.com/2016/08/23/czech-olympics-and-other-business/ http://czechmatediary.com/2016/08/23/czech-olympics-and-other-business/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:21:45 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16408 It’s about time for me to put my new sharpened pencils into my new pencil box and put that neatly into my new school bag. Yes, it is time for me to go back to school again! I am starting the middle school teaching credential program in a few days to become – call me […]

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]]> http://czechmatediary.com/2016/08/23/czech-olympics-and-other-business/feed/ 2 Sucking on lyme….disease / lymska borelioza…co s ni? http://czechmatediary.com/2016/07/07/sucking-on-lyme-disease/ http://czechmatediary.com/2016/07/07/sucking-on-lyme-disease/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2016 04:50:25 +0000 http://czechmatediary.com/?p=16399 It has been forever since I have written anything in Czechmate Diary and that is because I have got a lot going on these days – the good and the bad. First of all, I have wanted to go back to the Czech Republic but the stress of it all just wore me down and […]

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