Christopher's Expat Adventure

Today is the  European Day of Languages  again.  The EU promote linguistic diversity and encourages everyone to speak multiple foreign lang...

As of yesterday, Finland abandoned decades of neutrality and officially became NATO's 31st member.  Following WWII, and throughout the ...

Within the  EU , there has been a greater push for consumer protection, especially between member countries whose own consumer protection la...

In a few weeks we're headed to Kuşadasi , Turkey .  Or rather, I should get used to saying Türkiye .  Either way I am so ready for a wee...

New Year's Day was a big day for Croatia .  It officially joined both the Eurozone and Schengen . When the country joined the EU back ...

Happy New Year!!  Šťastný nový rok!! In Czechland, it is also Czech Independence Day ! Last night was another Silvestr karaoke party at the...

The Crown Dependencies are the  Isle of Man , the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and the Bailiwick of Jersey .  The Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jerse...

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine , Czech Republic was the first EU country to stop issuing visas to Russian citizens except for h...

Back in 2020, the EU agreed to enact restrictions on single use plastics and last year the Czech government put forth legislation banning ...

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...

Czechs voted in the 2022 municipal and Senate elections.  Voting in Czechland is held over two days.  On Friday from 14:00 to 22:00 and on S...

The European Union Force Bosnia and Herzegovina (EUFOR) is a military deployment to help keep the peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).  A...

My 2000th blog post.  I can't believe that I've been at this for over 13 years or that people still seem interested in my Czechland ...

About two weeks ago the South Moravian Region unveiled the first of 37 new electric trains at Hlavní nádráží .  South Moravia is the first ...

When Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, it triggered a show of support from Czechs for two reasons.  One because the annexation was very s...