Some good souls took the time to select 20 most beautiful bookstores in the world AND a Slovak bookstore happens to be one of them! What a privilege! Click here to view the slideshow.
CZ: Nejake zlate dusicky si nasly cas na to, aby vypatraly 20 nejkrasnejsich knihkupectvi na svete. A predstavte si ze jedno z vyhercu se nachazi na Slovensku! Takova cest… na zobrazeni vsech vyhercu klikntete zde.
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This young Slovak violist does not only have a talent but also a great sense of humor!
CZ: Tento mlady slovensky violista nepostrada talent ale ani smysl pro humor!
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One of you, dear readers, recommended a very good, Czech/Slovak-related article from yesterday’s Chicago Tribune. The writer is married to a wife who has a Czech dad and a Slovak mom. He tributes her frugal, anti-credit card qualities to her CS roots. Read up about it right here (click here).
Do you think her frugality is still typical in the Czech/Slovak families? Are people against credit cards?
CZ: Jeden z Czechmate Diary ctenaru objevil (nebo spise objevila) moc hezky clanek z vcerejsich Chicago Tribune o ceske/slovenske setrive nature (clanek si prectete zde – klikntete zde).
Myslite si, ze tento protikreditkartovy (slovo?) postoj je stale jeste u ceskych rodin typicky?
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This is amazing! Guess who won and an international contest for a project of a new skyscraper in downtown Manhattan? Marian Lucky from Slovakia! Considering that he was competing with other students from 19 countries and 45 universities, I think that is a pretty BIG victory, don’t you?
Here is a brief description of the competition itself:
The objective of the competition is to integrate a creative approach to the concept of energy-efficient construction at the passive-house level. Therefore, the task is to design or renovate a building according to the ISOVER Multi-Comfort House definition, which means that high thermal performance, acoustic comfort classes and fire protection requirements have to be considered.
In case you are interested in details, you can go here to see Marian’s complete presentation. It’s pretty neat! [click to continue…]
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What is this? 6-meter tall statue of 2 Christian missionaries, Cyril and Methodius, made out of SAND !!!
Who made it? Radovan Zivny, Czech artist who lives in Portugal
Where? Svatopluk’s Square in Nitra
Why? Because an important anniversary of these two Christian missionaries is coming up. The statue will be uncovered July 3rd
Sand? From where? 145 tons of beach/sea sand from a secret European location (let’s hope it’s not from Prague beach!)
Source: http://magazin.ceskenoviny.cz/zajimavosti/index_img.php?id=180758
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A reader of mine pointed out a very good article about the First Slovak Republic, which was a puppet country existing throughout the WWII as an ally of Nazi Germany. If you are part Slovak as I am (my grandfather was Slovak), you may be interested in reading it….AND it is only 1, 287 words long! [click to continue…]
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The New York Times travel blogger Alexander Lobrano happened to research the beauties of Slovakia, namely the magnificent Tatras. By vividly describing his visit to Kosice, Presov and Strbske Pleso, Lobrano got me excited about visiting – at one time – the eastern part of my homeland. [click to continue…]
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