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Are the Czechs building us our future sci-fi homes? / Stavi vsem Cesi budouci ‘ufonske’ domy?

Tanja — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:27:08 +0000

Every 2 years the American government puts out a student contest called the Solar Decathlon in which the contestants compete in designing a self-sufficient solar house. The Czech team placed itself among the 20 finalists for the first time in history. They call their design The Air House, which combines 2 main elements: a wooden [...]

A young Slovak Violinist under pressure…can he handle it? / Slovensky houslista ve stresove situaci…zvladne to?

Tanja — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:21:57 +0000

This young Slovak violist does not only have a talent but also a great sense of humor! CZ: Tento mlady slovensky violista nepostrada talent ale ani smysl pro humor! If you liked this post buy me a coffee! (Suggested:$3 a latte $8 for a pound) Thanks!

Another Czech fairytale: Sleepy John / Dalsi ceska pohadka: Ospaly Janek

Tanja — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:44:07 +0000

Sunday is a perfect day for a fairytale! / V nedeli se nic nedela, jen se poslouchaji pohadky… Sleepy John Sleepy John was prone to, well, sleeping and one day he passed out in the back of a farmer’s cart. Upon discovering him, the owner, along with his friends, decided to stuff him in an [...]

The problem with Czechoslovakia….. / Problem s Ceskoslovenskem…

Tanja — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 02:13:02 +0000

Not sure if you are dealing with the same thing but most people I talk to here STILL call the Czech Republic/Slovakia Czechoslovakia….and Prague is, of course, the capital of Czechoslovakia. Those two nations have split up 19 years ago!!!!! Please vote here so we can compare our experiences. CZ: Take se vam zda, ze [...]

Are you considered old or young according to the Europeans? / Jste podle Evropanu mladoch nebo staroch?

Tanja — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:05:35 +0000

A new EU poll uncovers some surprising data. The Europeans consider themselves to be young until they reach their 42nd birthday and call themselves old when one hits the 64th year of age. The Czechs are even more harsh: a ‘spring chicken’ is anyone under the age of 40 and an ‘old hag’ is anyone [...]

How to make Czech/Slovak cottage cheese (TVAROH) / Jak si doma udelat CS tvaroh

Tanja — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:56:22 +0000

The New Year celebrations are over so let’s get back to work and talk about something practical, like ‘how to make Czech cottage cheese or TVAROH. Tvaroh is a necessity to many Czech/Slovak meals so once we learn it we are close to reaching the ‘Czech nirvana’ . Thanks to the wonderful Slovak lady named [...]

The most popular posts of 2011 / Nejpopularnejsi clanky z roku 2011

Tanja — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 05:17:43 +0000

Hello to all and a Happy New Year 2012! I wish you much happiness, peace, prosperity and a lot of Czech thoughts! To put you in a right step, I have prepared the list of the most popular posts from the previous year. They touch about just every topic so don’t think you will be [...]

Breaking news: Czech’Jedi Knights’ are on the rise / Zhava novinka: pocet rytiru ‘Jedi’ se zvysuje

Tanja — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:25:32 +0000

Apparently according to the Czechposition.com the American movie Star Wars has been a great success in the Czech Republic. You want a proof? Just look at the numbers: in a recent nationwide census 15,070 Czechs (0.31%) identified themselves as the ‘Jedi Knights’ believing in ‘The Force’. That’s a BIG number!!! Gosh, I don’t really like [...]

Czech New Year traditions / Ceske novorocni tradice

Tanja — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:03:41 +0000

OK, so my computer will be ready for pick up tomorrow which means that I should be able to write a little more. My mom is here for a visit and both of my kids are sick so I can’t say I am not busy because I am SOOO busy. However, I want to write [...]

Forced blogging vacation? / Nucene blogove prazdniny?

Tanja — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:46:36 +0000

Hi to all, Just a quick note: I managed to spill coffee on my laptop and a couple of the keys stopped working so I had to take it to the repair shop and it will be ready after the New Year!! That means a lot of days without blogging . I will try to [...]