Check out this beautiful and FREE National Geographic wall paper of the Prague swan with the Charles Bridge in the background. That will look good on any wall! It definitely has an atmosphere….
CZ: Kouknete se na tento wall paper z National Geographic, ktery si muzete na downloadovat zdarma! Zobrazuje noblesni vltavskou labut a v pozadi je co jineho nez Karluv most! To bude vypadat dobre na kazde stene…
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A new and unique gallery has opened in a historically very important Czech town called Terezin. The gallery is called ‘Kristalovy Dotek’ (The Crystal Touch) and the Czech minister of defense went as far as to comparing it to the Hollywood Walk of Fame. What exactly is it? It exhibits the hand imprints of famous people, but the hands are imprinted into the Czech crystal glass. How fancy is that?! [click to continue…]
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Here is a wonderful article that one of the CMD readers wanted to share with us: a story of a vintage gypsy wagon from Fallbrook CA, how it got there and what kind of restoration process it underwent. However, here is the most important part of the article which is relevant to Czechmate Diary: [click to continue…]
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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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The newest addition to the Czechmate Diary store has just arrived! This time it is a 11-oz coffee mug with a silhouette painting of the Prague Castle, viewed from the Charles Bridge (hence the antique lamp on the left of the picture). Each mug is drawn by me personally, so if you would like a slight changes in the writing below (like “Prague” or “Praga” instead of “Praha” or something like that) it can be done.
Each mug costs only $12.99 (plus $5.00 for shipping*). As usual, the Czechmate Diary email subscribers get a 10% discount.
If you would like to purchase any of these items please contact me here (click here). Thank you!
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My daughter Hahna loves to watch Czech cartoons I used to watch when I was little. I like to watch them with her when I get a spare moment (and don’t blog..or knit…). And during those times something finally dawned on me. Most of these cartoons feature bugs and animals that are – I have to admit – ugly! I could not help but compare them with some other well-known American cartoons such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Winnie the Pooh, Bugs Bunny or Bambi. OK, so here we have a mouse, a duck, a teddy bear, a bunny and a fawn. These are some really cute animals in a real life, right? Now let’s look back at the Czech selection: we have a mole (Krtek), an ant (Ferda Mravenec), fire-flies (Broucci), a butterfly (Motyl Emanuel) and a worm (zizala Julie). I am sorry but have you lately look at a photograph of a mole? Don’t get me wrong, I love animals but that thing is far from cute! Couldn’t those cartoon-makers pick at least a hedgehog or something more appealing? (Granted, we also have Fik, the humongous dog or Bob and Bobek, two cute rabbits who live in a deserted magician’s hat. But that still does not explain those other insect-like characters.)
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Do you still remember how does fall in the Czech Republic feel like? It’s quite the experience. Yes it rains a lot and most days the weather is cloudy and grumpy but when the leaves start to change colors….that’s just magical. The My Czech Republic blog posted some cool pictures to help to put us in the right mood. Click here to see them.
CZ: Pamatujete si jeste, jak vypada podzim v Ceske Republice? Pravda je, ze vetsinou prsi, obloha je zamracena a sediva, no proste pocasi pod psa. Tu a tam se ale vyskytne krasny slunecny den, kdy muze clovek vychutnat svezest podzimniho vzduchu a ocenit krasne barvy padajicich listu. My Czech Republic blog nedavno vystavil krasne fotky prave techto nezapomenutelnych dnu. Posudte (a pokochejte se!) sami (kliknete zde).
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The Czech cultural pavilion in Shanghai (Wold Expo 2010) won a second place for creativity. In fact, the Chinese liked it so much that they bought the whole building for 33 million Czech crowns and now the pavilion is there to stay.
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Czech art is getting wilder and wilder. As the colder weather crept into the Czech Republic, the well-known Prague statues began appearing dressed in fashionable t-shirts and blouses. The group of certain Czech designers – who are the creators of this unique idea – claim it’s just another expression of Czech art but some argue it is a free advertising of their clothing line. Maybe they just felt bad for those poor statues who – century after century – freeze their buttocks off during the winter months ??
CZ: Cesti umelci jsou cim dale tim divocejsi. Tento podzim si skupina vytvarnych navrharu usmyslela obleknout zname Prazske sochy vcetne Karla Hynka Machy na Petrine, batolat od Davida Cerneho, nebo divky s holubici na Namesti Miru. Septa se take, ze si navrhari timto zpusobem delaji zdarma reklamu. Je tu ale treti varianta: treba jim tech chudaku soch bylo proste lito. Vzdyt z nich kazdou zimu lamou deti rampouchy!
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