Christopher's Expat Adventure

One of our friends visiting Brno this week came down with Conjunctivitis, Zánět spojivek , normally called "pink eye" in English. ...

T he Slav Epic , Slovanská epopej) , was painted by the famous Art Nouveau Alphonse Mucha between 1910 and 1928, and is a cycle of 20 large ...

Yesterday was the 675th anniversary of Charles University  and it was also the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. The Good Frida...

What a long Easter weekend.   First Claudia and Tünde came for a visit, then Natalie came, then Katka came.  Lots of fun visiting and some ...

Today is the 675th anniversary since the founding of Charles University in Prague back in 1348. Univerzita Karlova was founded by Emperor ...

Brno has a new twin city - Taoyuan ( 桃園市 ).  Located in northwestern Taiwan , not far from Taipei , it's the country's 5th-largest ...

Česká národní banka, (ČNB) , is Czechland's central bank it supervises the country's financial market.  It's primary objective i...

Old washer Last week my washing machine stopped working.  A repairman come over for a service call and for 500 Kč ($22) I got confirmation t...

We spent this weekend in Strážnice , visiting Kája's dad and sister.   Just a quiet home visit and a walk around the town.  Nice and rel...

General Emil Boček turned 100 years old on 25. January.  He was a Brno native and the last remaining airman of Czechoslovak Royal Air Force...