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 typical understanding is the foreigners (expats) come and eventually foreigners leave.
The other thing that often surprises people is that the whole time I've only lived in Brno. My entire Czechland adventure has taken place here in Moravia. I love this city. There's always something going on here or something new to discover.
Yesterday, I took the day off and Kája and I spent the day together. Here's three "new" things I found in the city.
1. The BRNO sign by the town hall. It isn't exactly new but I hadn't seen it yet.
2. Štetl Fest is coming in September. It's a multi-genre festival of Jewish culture and history. It's the largest festival of Jewish culture in the country. I assume that it's in participation with the coming MEHRIN Moravian Jewish Museum but that's just my assumption.
Štetl comes from the Yiddish word for a "small town." Usually it refers to a small town with a large strong Jewish presence.
3. Brno has an Embassy of Independent Belarusian Culture. Back in 2020, I know that Brno supported the protestors in Belarus. But with everything going on at the time with Covid, I missed that the embassy opened on 17 November 2020.
It's not a traditional embassy. It was set up by the Centre for Experimental Theatre and it focuses on informing the public about what's going on in Belarus and supporting cultural activities.
It's probably even more important to understand what's going on there now given that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko allowed the country to be a staging ground and launching point for Russian's invasion of Ukraine.
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