During the dark times of communism Czechs had only a few genuine “free time” activities. They included gardening and spending weekends (and sometimes the whole summer months) at cottages. The...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/spring-and-the-cottage-nation/
Some pessimists say that with the fall of the Iron Curtain we immediately discarded everything Russian and started to adopt everything American with no critical thinking involved. Like language, ...
Non-verbal communication is a very interesting thing and if you are not careful enough in some countries, you can offend your business partners, you can make enemies, or you can be put in jail. I...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/no-we-dont-do-the-quote-gesture/
Several Czech music hit charts place Miley Cyrus’ hit Seven Things second or even as Number One. And since it is a generally known fact that Czech teen boys would not bother sending votes to a ...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/why-so-many-czech-preteens-like-miley-cyrus/
If English has taught Czechs anything, it is that one can make things sound “better” than they would in Czech. Names of professions and corporate speak are a perfect example. HR specialists, ...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/seven-ways-to-say-secretary/
There once used to be a cemetery and there are still people buried there, although the whole place was, well, re-cultivated. But now it is a park where people walk their dogs and where drug users...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/former-cemetery-a-place-for-dog-lovers-and-drug-users/
The police from a town near Brno are looking for people who were witnesses to a car accident in which a car hit a man who was jaywalking in the middle of the night. The man sustained serious inju...
Sometimes you never realize how important some thing is until you really need it. Czechs in the 21st century living in villages or smaller towns know. Example: a bank operates an ATM in a small t...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/how-czechs-live-8-without-atms-and-pay-phones/
A sign in CZECH in my hotel restaurant: Dear guests, please be advised that no takeaway is allowed. If you are seen doing so, the hotel would have to insist that you pay for what you have been at...
If you are a no-strings-attached person like yours truly, you would enjoy a relatively new way of buying your summer holiday. I am sure it is not specific to the Czech Republic, but I am also sur...
https://czechdaily.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/buy-today-leave-tomorrow-czechs-on-holidays/