Monthly Archives: April 2009
Do you want to know my tongue?
I’m starting to wonder whether Czech is really a language or a secret code. I’ve never seen so many Z, Y and Ks so close together before which made me ask myself if Czech wasn’t just made up of all … Continue reading
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The man from C&A
Every time I come out of a metro station for the first time it seems there’s a shopping centre. The ones here are pretty typical: lots of glass, shiny, no daylight, nowhere to sit down unless you fork out for … Continue reading
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Hit me with your Easter stick
I spent Easter at Czechman’s brother-in-law’s weekend house. The little rabbit you can see in the picture was waiting by the door to greet us. ’Weekend house’ implies something modest like a chalet or a caravan so I was surprised by … Continue reading
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Meat
They have Tesco here, but not as we know it. A trip to the meat counter reveals a selection of the usual offerings in those plastic trays: pork chops, chicken thighs and big red chunks of beef ready for roasting. … Continue reading
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