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Hi, my name is Tanja (you can reach me on Facebook here) and I am the creator of this blog. I have been living in the United States since 1998 and for about past 2 years I have had an itch to be helpful to society. I thought about going back to school and becoming a nurse – but I hate blood; I thought about getting a teaching credential – but I hate brats; I even thought about becoming a firewoman – but I am terribly scared of heights. And fire for that matter. Then, one evening I had a revelation: CZECHMATE DIARY! THAT’S IT! If you want to read more about my life click here, otherwise here it is in a nutshell:
Czechmate diary is created specifically for two reasons:
1. to connect and re-connect the Czechs and Slovaks with their Bohemian roots
2. to conquer the world via Bohemian influences
What will it do for you:
1. it will entertain you
2. it will educate you
3.it will feed you – Czech style (i.e. recipes)
4. it will find you a Czech buddy to chat with
Ahoj,
jmenuji se Tana a jsem tvurcem tohoto blogu. Ziji v US jiz od roku 1998 a jiz dlouhou dobu jsem mela nutkani, ze bych mela byt te nasi spolecnosti nejak uzitecna. Ale jak? Premyslela jsem o zdravotnictvi, ale ja nesnasim krev; premyslela jsem o oboru ucitelskem – bohuzela ale nesnasim zlobive haranty. Nebo ze bych byla pozarnikem (nebo tedy pozarnici, pardon)? Ja se ale bojim vysek a vlastne ohne taky…..A pak jsem na to prisla! No preci Czechmate diary! Cesi vsude na svete, at ziji kde ziji, si skrze Czechmate diary budou moci uchovat jejich rodne koreny a kulturni dedictvi. Jestlize se chcete dozvedet vice o mem zivote, kliknete zde.
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Haha, no co my vieme, mozno nam este z Bieleho domu zamavas:)
S tou robotou to je pravda, okrem toho tu to je robene tak, ze ludia musia pracovat uz len kvoli zdravotnej poistke, pokial sa teda clovek nechce poistit sukromne a platit tisice dolarov mesacne…
Ahoj Lenko,
vis ze jednou z Czechmate Diary ctenarek je taky Lenka – Slovenka. Je moc mila a tady je jeji webstranka jestli se s ni chces seznamit: http://www.slovakmama.blogspot.com !
Hi everybody!
I am just browsing around here and I guess that I like your website Tatjana. It`s great to talk to others whose are abroad as me. I am living in Ireland now and time is though especially when you get 1 dry day per the whole year:) yep Ireland is wet and very cold…But few years ago I was living in Sydney(Australia) and that was the life-style I love. Now I am thinking about take a big chance and go to Canada for good ,but I have no clue what should I do as a first,because I am married and have to look after both of us ,that make everything a bit harder in terms of visa and job. As everybody knows on student visa you can not survive for long and work illegal in states or Canada -no way. So if somebody could advice me or help me how to get a job before I `ll arrive in Canada…?? I appreciate your ideas! Thank you mates
Hi Luke!
Wow, you have traveled the world it seems like! That’s great! I have got two suggestions for you: you can leave a similar comment at the Czechmate Diary forum and you can also register for this blog via email and that way you will receive the list of Czech/Slovak contacts in Canada. And maybe you can ask those people?
Good luck!
Tanja
Ahoj vsichni, zdravim, Tanjo.je tady nekdo z Chicago? rada bych si nasla nejake zname na pokec a zabavu kolem 35 let. Jinak super blog, Tanjo!
Ahooj Jano!! Hele, kdyz se zaregistrujes na blog- kvuli spamu- (klikni na link pod mou fotkou “register by email….”, ja ti poslu kontakty na Illinois, jo?
Diky moc! Jsem rada, ze se ti blog libi
promin, jeste to vysvetlim trosku lip; lidi se ted musi zaregistrovat pred tim, nez jim poslu kontakty; v minulosti jsem mela problemy se spamem, vis?
Diky!
Dej mi vedet, jestli mas problemy s registraci.
ahoj Tanjo,
diky za instrukce.Doufam, ze jsem to spravne pochopila….
Ahoj Tanjo, koukal jsem na vase blog prvni krat dneska, omluvam se ze moje cesky neni lepe – jsem Skot, ale bydlel jsem v Praze 10 let a tec jsem tady v Americe! Doufam ze budu pekat ten recept pro cesky chleb brzo, a uz znam potraviny tady ktery proda Budvar (mam radost!!!).
Ahoj Tanjo
Nevim jestli si me jeste pamatujes, ja sem ti psal asi pred rokem. Vyrost sem v Rygracku v te same ctrvti jako ty. Mam skolni fotku pred Svatou Ludmilou. Ted ziju s americkou manzelkou v Orlande. Po prevratu sme tam byli trikrat ale uz me tam nic netahne. Kde sem vyrost sem vydel a tak ted radci jedeme na dovolenou do LV. Rad ale ctu tvoje a jinych cechu dojemnosti z “old country” Jesli jsou nejaky cesi kolem Orlanda tak bych od nich rad slysel. Ovsem ze tvuj blog ctu kazdy den. Milan
Ahoj!
I’m glad I found this site while searching for Czech recipes. I am Asian-American living in Los Angeles, but my husband is Czech-Austrian from Jihlava. I will return to this website many times in the future, I am sure. Great work!
Shawna
Ahoj! Wow, what a diverse marriage – that’s great! Please, do come back, Czech recipes are my specialty
)
Shawna, many Austrian are of Czech origin. So your husband may be Czech-Austrian Czech.
Vlastimil: His great paternal grandfather was Austrian. I mention the “Austrian” part often because his surname is confusing for a lot of people (Birnbaum). He was born and raised in Jihlava, CZ (which is neither Bohemia nor Moravia, if I remember) — and now he lives in LA, married to a Cambodian / Chinese / Viet girl!
Shawna, I was trying to apply an irresistable Czech humor. I see it did not work
I will be serious too, I am Czech-German (75%-25%).
My wife is Russian with traces of Polish blood
(93.75% – 6.25%). My kids are Russian-Czech-German-Polish ( 46.875% – 37.5% – 12.5% – 3.125%)…
I am sure some Chingis Khan brave warriors have been involved too (0.0000001%)
I like Tanja’s blog too, because my German part wants to become more Czech
BTW, Bohemia and Moravia are parts of CZ…
You mentioned you are a Cambodian / Chinese / Viet girl. You, your husband, me and my wife are a prove that the “globalization” has kicked in ages before it has even been “invented”….
haha, Vlastimil is being funny
)
I am glad you are back! Uz jsme te dlouho nevidel komentovat!!!
Tanjo, bojoval jsem s krizi, a tak jsem nemel cas…
Oops! Sorry, I didn’t understand, Vlastimil.
Hooray! Someday, we will all be one nation! Hahaha. I will try to get my husband to comment here, too.
Shawna – That would be great if you bring your husband into our ‘family’ here! I promise he will like it
Vlastimil – doufam, ze krize uz pominula
Krize pominula pro me, ale jsem si jist, ze hodne lidi tady cekaji tezke casy, neco jako v CSR po Viteznem Unoru 1948 (I am not kidding…)
Ahoj vsichni,
jakto, ze jsem o tehle strance nevedela driv?! Jsem v USA (CA – North County of San Diego) uz od dubna 2001 a az ted jsem ji nasla! lol
Je to super, ze se lidi nejen z CR, ale i z celeho sveta davaji takto dohromady a povidaji si o “rodne hroude!”
Budu sem chodit casteji! Zatim preju vsem pekny den!
Ahoj Kristyno! No vidis, jak je ten svet malej, vid?
Kristyna, z toho si nic nedelej, ja prijel do Ameriky s Kolumbusem a o tomhle blogu vim mozna jen rok…..
A proc se skoro vsichni stehujete do Kalifornie? Vzdyt je tam vsude hneda trava a ten vas guvernator je hroznej
Cau Tanja. Tento tvoj blog je super! Ja som tiez pred dakym mesiacom zacal jeden, pre slovenske varenie. Mrkni si ak chces (slovakcooking.com) Este tam mam len dakych 10 receptov, no ale to narastie rychlo. No a good luck s tvojou karierou!
Ahoj, uz jsem ti na tvem super blogu nechala koment. Urcite k tobe brzy linknu, jo?
Vlastmil, remember that at one time ALL Czechs were Austrian. My great-grandfather’s naturalization papers identified him as a subject of Emperor Franz Josef.
I found this blog because I took a dumpling quiz and followed the “bouncing knedliky”. I consider myself fullly 50% Czech, my dad could claim 100% CZ, 100% American.
John…..100% CZ, 100% American it makes 200% of a person
Teda Vlastiku, to jsem se nasmala, kdyz jsi rozebral koreny tve a tvych deti! Cesky humor je to, co mi tady schazi – kdyz udelam nejaky vtip doma, manzel na me kouka, jako kdybych spadla z visne. Tani – namet k zamysleni: kulturni rozdily v cesko-americkym manzelstvi. Jsem tady nova a zdravim vsechny! Super blog!
Ahoj,chtela bych se napojit na nejake krajany “cechoslovaky” v Coloradu…..konkretne Denver.Neznas prosim spojeni na nejaky klub? Dik.
Hi
) I’m glad I found this blog…I was looking for a recipe for Czech Potato Salad and stumbled upon it. I love the Recipe and the Blog. I don’t know how to speak Czech…yet 
) But I am intent on learning it so when I visit where my roots came from (Bohemia/Moravia) I can ask questions and not be so much the tourist with two heads 
) I look forward to keeping up with this blog…via google translate for now 
)
I found a “saying” in a book I read about Austria…I’m not totally sure it fits here and if it is offensive…someone please let me know
)
AEIOU
Take care all and You’ll see me here (guess I should change my tag from “I love all things British to I love all things Czech/Bohemian” because that is fast becoming the case
)
Angel.
Tano dik za recept.rychle jsem koukln tvuj recept jestli si ten avnocni bramborovy salat jeste pamatuji a pak udelal salatu jako pro armadu. a sest pork schnitzels! uz tu jsem 30 let a tesim se zpatky domu!
Ahoj Tanjo!
Dnes zkusim tvuj recept na vanilkove rohlicky! Doufam, ze se povedou. Kde zijes? Ja jsem jiz nekolik let v PA.
Ahooj Ivano! Doufam, ze se rohlicky povedly, ja uz jsem prvni varku zblajzla…skoro vsechno sama
( Ja jsem v Jizni Kalifornii
Ahoj! Great site that I just found today. I will definitely come back. Can’t wait to make your Bublanina recipe for Christmas. Hope to meet more Czechs on here. I wasn’t born there, but have an interest to get back tomore of my roots.
Greg
Hi Greg, I definitely support your idea about going back to Czech to find out more about your roots. Bublanina is a wonderful recipe but also try to make Vanilkove rohlicky (you can find it under the “recipes” category as well, namely under the “Christmas” tag) – they are the best Christmas recipe we have and it is also very easy. Merry Christmas!
What a great site you have. Thank you for doing this..not many resources out there. I am an Amik married to my lovely Czech Wife (they are the best!) and we visit Czech every year(She and my Son for 6weeks-ish and myself 2). I was looking for some good advise regarding the language as I find that to be my one big struggle. Any good strategies and or learning materials anyone has found?
Hi Tony! Glad you got a Czech wifie for yourself – they are the best – I am speaking from the experience here
As far as Czech language goes, my advice would be to completely immerse yourself in it. When you go back, try to speak ONLY Czech, even if you have to gesticulate some things for people to understand you.
Thank you, Tanja, for a lovely bramboracka recipe and for the idea that your site will be a good resource for my English language students here in Prague.
I’ve been here for a few years and look forward to retiring to a cottage in South Bohemia in 25 years or so. By then my Czech language skills should be very good.
I grew up in the Southeast U.S. and lived in many different places throughout the States before making the jump to the Czech Republic. As a heterosexual male, Czech women were a major impetus, of course.
The Czech lands feel like the home I never had before. The culture and lifestyles just seem so right!
I’m very much looking forward to reading more on your site, especially comments from folks with Czech and Slovak heritage who live elsewhere.
Mila Tanya,
Nevim jestli jsem ti nekdy drive napsala, ale blog se mi libi a rada ho ctu. Ja vyroslta v Bostnu, ale sem a tam se koukam na pohadky na internet protoze pohadky jsou jedna vec co si dobre pamatuju, a abych Cesky nezapomela. Taky diky za linku na Czech News a ty lahudky ktere tu ukazujes. YUM!
XO
Ahoj Mariko! No vidis, jaka jses sikulka, ze jeste tak hezky cesky pises! Ani bych nepoznala, ze jsi vyrostla v Americe. No jo, pohadky, to je naprosty zaklad! Ktera je tvoje nejoblibenejsi?
Tanjo, za 100 let take budeme moci rici, ze jsme vyrostli v Americe…
no to mas Vlastimile pravdu. Detstvi v Cechach uz bude jen takovy zamlzeny sen…
Tak Vlastimil, ty si ze me utahujes? Od 7 me tridy jsem tu, a i kdyz nereknu jak jsem stara, jsem dost stara na to abych mohla rict ze jsem vyrostla v Americe. Ale jsem vdecna za me detsvi v Cechach. Kdebych jinde videla tak perfektni Popelku, ne? Taky Vam pripada ze ta posledni Americka Popelka s Drew B byla nejak okopirovana z te Ceske?? I ten princ se podoba…
PS:
Bezvadny film co jsem nedavno videla a doporucuji je Little Otik – Otesanek. Je to na Netflix a je to fajn!
Marika, bez legrace by nebylo zivota
Marika, Little Otik jsem videl na Netflixu, byl to dobry film, ale jen pro Cechy, takovy maly provincialni film…Tim nerikam, ze byl spatny….Treba hodne Holywoodskych filmu jsou technicky vyborene, jsou to “money-makers”, ale jsou jaksi “shallow”….proste chybi tam hloubka……Kdyby jsme se nekdy bavili o filmech, tak rad se koukam na “nezavisle filmy”, ktere k technicke dokonalosti maji hodne daleko, ale maji vetsi hloubku nez ty “zabijaky” z Holywoodu… Nevite jak muzu na Netflixu najit ceske filmy? Vim, ze tam jsou, ale nemuzu je najit, je to hrozne spatne zorganizovane…
Vlastimil,
PPP
to je pravda.
Vlastimile, nezapomen si tuknout na me jmeno a podivat se na muj website!
Ja taky pisu filmy
Ahoj Tanjo,
moc se mi tvuj blog libi! Vratila jsem se nedavno po mesicnim pobytu ze Severni Kalifornie. Moc me to inspirovalo. Ziju 10 let ve Vidni a mentalita Americanu je tak odlisna od Rakusanu. Moc se mi po Americe styska. Kde vlastne zijes v USA?
Katka
Katko, neni mentalita Rakusaku podobna mentalite Cechu? Tak to se potom nedivim, ze se ti v Osterreich nelibi
))
Katko, ahoj, mam pro tebe stejnou otazku jako Vlastimil
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