Christopher's Expat Adventure

Sister Georgina is so sweet. After church on Sunday, she invited several of us out to her house, in Mifkova, for a little get together lat...

The architecture here is amazing. Every day I find something new to marvel at. Somethings you just have to come see for yourself because a ...

This past week I've noticed that the trams are more crowded. I've also seen more young people out & about. It looks like the stu...

When you refer to wages here, they are in monthly terms; not annually like in the U.S. The average gross Czech income is around 19.000 Kč p...

Albert is the closest grocery store to my flat. The chain is only found here, in Slovakia and Poland . So unlike Tesco , not much English...

Tesco is like a British version of Wal-mart. You can buy clothes, electronics, housewares, groceries, etc. In the local shops most produc...

Špilberk Castle (pronounced Sh -pilberk) , was founded in the second half of the 13th century. It played a role in the 15th century during...

Last night I decided to try my luck with the movies. I went to see G.I. Joe at Velký Špalíček, in the city center, near Zelný trh . The thea...

Today is the 40th anniversary of the 1st year anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia . On August 20–21, 1968 Soviet ...

Milk is just different over here. First of all, it is not pasteurized. The milk is labeled UHT for ultra-high temperature processing. Amer...