First Aid bag for Czechs living abroad / taska prvni pomoci pro cechy zijici v zahranici

If you knew that something terrible were to happen to the Czech Republic and a radio broadcast was telling you that you had 24 hours to get out, what Czech “treasure” would you pack in your bag, knowing that you could never come back?? What things do you think would retain the Czech heritage for the future generations as well as keep you from becoming terribly homesick?

This is how my list would look like:

• Food

– Remember, we only have ONE luggage to pack, so we can’t fill it all with food (you can see I had to get rid of lot of my stuff…..)

3 tatranky (waffles dipped in chocolate)

2 fidorky (round waffles dipped in chocolate)

1 lentilky (similar to M&M’s)

2 polomacene susenky (shortbread cookies; one side dipped in chocolate)

2 burty (type of sausage)

• Books

Polacek: Bylo nas pet ( “It used to be five of us“)

Nemcova:Babicka (“Grandma“;Czech classic written in 19th century)

Vylety pana Broucka (“Trips of mr. Borucek“;another 19th century classics)

Capek: Valka s mloky (War with the Newts (European Classics)

Ctyrlistek – can’t leave Fifinka behind! (Czech cartoon magazine for kids)

Nemcova: Pohadky Bozeny Nemcove (Bozena Nemcova’s Fairytales)

textbook on the history of the Czech Republic (now, these tend to be quite heavy…I am on the fence with this one)

• Music

Koledy (Classic Christmas carols)

Mladek (contemporary singer/songwriter/comedian)

Karel Kryl (singer/songwriter who recently passed away; pivotal personality of the anti-communist movement)

Marta Kubisova

• Films

Popelka (Czech-style Cinderella)

Vrchni prchni (“Run, waiter, run“)

Arabela (Czech modern fairytale)

Jak utopit doktora Mracka (“How to drown Dr. Mracek“)

Marecku, podejte mi pero (“Marecek, hand me a pen,please“)

Dobry vojak Svejk

• Miscellaneous:

Framykoin (Czech medicated cream which – as far as I am concerned – heals pretty much anything)

Becherovka (famous Czech liqueur)

What would your bag look like??