Christopher's Expat Adventure

Břeclav is a small border town about 55 km (~34 miles) southeast of Brno. It sits on the Dyje River at the Austrian border and is about 1...

I've survived my three days of Christmas dinners. On the 24th I had my first Czech Christmas carp . My friends, Katka and Robert, in...

It's the 24th, so it is Christmas Day in the Czech Republic (but the 24th is Christmas Eve in the USA). That means it is time for Chris...

It's Christmas time in the ČR which means that there are lots of Czech fairy tales on TV. One of the favorite stories shown during Chr...

Yesterday was Sabine's birthday so a few of us went out to dinner to celebrate. With it being Christmas week a lot of people were alre...

The Wieliczka Salt Mine is about 20 minutes outside of Kraków. It is one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. The story goes t...

Poland was home to the world's largest Jewish community for centuries. Before WWII there were 3.5 million Jews in Poland . Between the ...

Bar mleczny , a "milk bar" is a good, cheap place to eat. During communism, the Polish government subsidized these working class ...

Kraków is Poland ’s second largest city but it is the country’s cultural capital. The city dates back to the 7 th century. It is really...