Christopher's Expat Adventure

Česko Slovensko má talent (ČSMT) is the Czech-Slovak version of the "Got Talent" franchise that is in some +60 countries.  ČSMT f...

Today is International Tongue Twister Day so I figured that I'd share a few Czech  jazykolamy . The most famous Czech tongue twister is...

Today was the 21st anniversary of the European Day of Languages .   It was an initiative of the Council of Europe , and together with the Eu...

Pivovar Starobrno , the Old Brno Brewery is located in here in Brno.  It was built as a successor to an earlier brewery founded in 1325 as ...

I've been in Czechland for just over 13 years now.  Sometimes people are surprised that I've lived in the country this long.  The t...

I received my results a few weeks ago that I passed my B1 language exam.  Well, now I have officially passed because today I received my c...

I've written before that Czech names can be a complex thing.  One of the key differences is that surnames don't always match up.  D...

I passed!  Happy happy joy joy I passed.  What a relief that I passed my B1 Czech language exam on the second try .  The results are suppos...

I'm still keeping up with my Czech while I wait for the results of my B1 exam .   Fingers crossed that I pass it.  I need B1 in order ...

Yesterday was my second attempt at the B1 language exam that I need in order to apply for Czech citizenship.   Last time I failed the list...

I received the results from my exams today.  The results were posted online this morning.  They were serious about having to wait 30 days f...

I wrote before that English is the most common spoken language across the EU .  That's even after Brexit with the UK no longer being ...

I finally took my exams today after they'd been cancelled twice due to Covid-19.  I've gotta' say that I'm not feeling grea...

My exams are coming up so "fingers crossed" that I pass.  In English, you put the middle finger across the index finger to "h...

I'm headed to Prague on Friday to take my Czech citizenship test and my B1 language test.  I'm not worried at all about the citizen...

One thing that I've noticed about Czech and Slovak speakers is that, when it comes to ending a telephone call or video chat, they never...

Český znakový jazyk   (ČZJ) is Czech Sign Language.  Czechland has its own sign language.  The Institute for the Deaf and Dumb in Prague op...

Hantec is the local Brno dialect .  The language was most spoken amongst the lower classes in the 19th and early 20th centuries.  Very few,...

There's a difference between formal, written Czech and colloquial spoken Czech.  Standard Czech is what you'll hear across the count...