Not sure if you are dealing with the same thing but most people I talk to here STILL call the Czech Republic/Slovakia Czechoslovakia….and Prague is, of course, the capital of Czechoslovakia. Those two nations have split up 19 years ago!!!!!
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CZ: Take se vam zda, ze vetsina cizincu uplne ignoruje to, ze se Ceskoslovensko rozpadlo jiz pred 19 lety? Nezapomente vyplnit anketu, at si muzeme porovnat nase zkusenosti.
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A new EU poll uncovers some surprising data. The Europeans consider themselves to be young until they reach their 42nd birthday and call themselves old when one hits the 64th year of age.
The Czechs are even more harsh: a ‘spring chicken’ is anyone under the age of 40 and an ‘old hag’ is anyone who is 60 years old and older.
The most gentle people are the Dutch when it comes to age since they think one is not old until they reach their 70th birthday (I would probably have to agree with them). The harshest of all are Slovaks who will call you an old lady at 58! Now that’s just wrong…
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The New Year celebrations are over so let’s get back to work and talk about something practical, like ‘how to make Czech cottage cheese or TVAROH. Tvaroh is a necessity to many Czech/Slovak meals so once we learn it we are close to reaching the ‘Czech nirvana’ 
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Thanks to the wonderful Slovak lady named Dagmar, you can make yourself a wonderful authentic tvaroh by following a step-by-step recipe accompanied with wonderful pictures. She even translated it into English for me!!!! [click to continue…]
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Hello to all and a Happy New Year 2012! I wish you much happiness, peace, prosperity and a lot of Czech thoughts! To put you in a right step, I have prepared the list of the most popular posts from the previous year. They touch about just every topic so don’t think you will be getting bored here!
CZ: Ahoj Vsichni! Preji vam vsem moc a moc stesti, pohody a uspechu do noveho roku 2012 a at vas ta cestina a ani ty vlastenecke pohnutky a myslenky neopousteji. Abych vam k tomu nejak pomohla, pripravila jsem si list tech nejuspesnejsich clanku z roku minuleho. Zabiraji se snad kazdym tematem, takze vam slibuji, ze se nudit nebudete.
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Apparently according to the Czechposition.com the American movie Star Wars has been a great success in the Czech Republic. You want a proof? Just look at the numbers: in a recent nationwide census 15,070 Czechs (0.31%) identified themselves as the ‘Jedi Knights’ believing in ‘The Force’. That’s a BIG number!!! [click to continue…]
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OK, so my computer will be ready for pick up tomorrow which means that I should be able to write a little more. My mom is here for a visit and both of my kids are sick so I can’t say I am not busy because I am SOOO busy. However, I want to write a short note about the Czech New Year. [click to continue…]
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Hi to all,
Just a quick note: I managed to spill coffee on my laptop and a couple of the keys stopped working so I had to take it to the repair shop and it will be ready after the New Year!! That means a lot of days without blogging 
. I will try to borrow a computer from my dear MIL but I can’t promise anything. If I won’t be able to get it from her let’s called it ‘Forced blogging vacation’.
CZ: Ahoj vsichni! Podarilo se mi rozlit kafe na muj laptop, takze bude v oprave az do Noveho Roku . Pokusim se pujcit pocitac od me drahe tchyne, ale jestlize to nevyjde, budu si muset dat nucene blogove prazdniny.
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The icon of Czechoslovak Velvet Revolution died yesterday peacefully in his sleep at the age of 75. The whole Czech nation is in mourning, however condolences are being sent from all over the world.
Havel was a politician, a writer, a poet, and a world-known pacifist. He was a political prisoner for 5 years, who later become the last president of the former Czechoslovakia (1st term) and the first president of the Czech Republic (2nd term). He loved music and became a big buddy with the Rolling Stones, who played at the Prague Castle during his going-away party in 2003.
I did not know Mr. Havel personally but I have a feeling that he would agree with this great quote: ‘The purpose of life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave with a well-preserved body, but rather to slide in sideways, completely used up, yelling and screaming, what a ride!’
CZ: Vaclav Havel zemrel vcera ve spanku v jeho chalupe na Hradecku ve veku 75-ti let. Je to rana (ac ocekavana) jak pro Cechy, tak pro cely svet.
Vlada se ma dnes rozhodnout, jestli pri prilezitosti patecniho pohrbu vyhlasi take statni smutek.
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I found an information on 2 very different museums that just opened in the Czech Republic.
THE FIRST ONE is the open-air folk museum in Straznice. Straznice is a small town in South Moravia, also called Slovacko because it is so close to Slovakia. The museum features local village architecture and shows the life in the past centuries. The local land has been altered to look like the typical countryside in the early 17th century, where the main building comes from 1612.
The houses in this museum are built from timber and the holes between the beams are plugged with moss and mud. Yet since they are covered with white plaster, they look like brick houses. The chimneys are also very unusual since they end blow the roof. [click to continue…]
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It’s hard to believe that Christmas is just around the corner…AGAIN! I was listing through my old Christmas posts to see which one is worthy of re-posting. Although I was searching through them for a long time I found myself unable to decide which one is the winner. Therefore I am posting the whole link to anything about Czech/Slovak Christmas on this blog. Click on it and see what catches your eye: is it the recipes? My personal experiences with Christmas? Czech Christmas music (YouTube/free links)? Take your pick:
CZ: Vanoce jsou OPET za rohem, tak jsem si rikala, ze by bylo dobre re-postovat nejaky vanocni clanek z minula, ktery mel hodne ohlasu. Takovych clanku jsem ale nasla par, a jelikoz jsem se nemohla rozhodnout, ktery z nich re-postovat, tak vam tu nechavam cely link na cokoliv vanocniho, o cem jsem kdy v minulosti psala. Rychle temi clanky proletnete a uvidite, ze vam neco padne do oka. Bud nejaky ten receptik, nebo YouTube video ceskych koled, nebo me osobni pribehy z Vanoc (a pribehy jinych)….
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