Christopher's Expat Adventure

Yesterday was Christmas Day ( December 24th ) in the ČR. Once again, time for people all over the country to settle down with the traditio...

On December 18th, Václav Havel passed away at the age of 75. This is a very sad time for many Czechs because he was the dissident writer w...

I'm so excited about my upcoming trip. Miran and I are first going to make a quick stop in Munich before heading off to spend New Yea...

Perpetuum Jazzile is a Ljubljana -based, vocal jazz choir. They are extremely popular in Slovenia . They have also played to sold-out cr...

Last night Miran and I drove to Ljubljana to see the Christmas market. Everything was quite lovely but it wasn't what I had pictured....

Christmas time in Graz is really beautiful. First, there's the traditional Christmas markets which are always fun. With all of the ...

Graz is in southeast Austria and the country's second-largest city with over 290,000 people. It is 200 km (120 miles) from Vienna a...

Well I just set up my "Charlie Brown" Christmas tree. It's early by Czech standards but late for Americans. In the USA, mos...

I always send six postcards back to the USA when I travel. Part of my routine is that I find a nice little cafe somewhere, have a latté, a...

By train, Vienna is only 1.5 hours away from Brno. Miran came up from Murska Sobota for the weekend and we took a day trip on Saturday t...