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How to make Czech Easter Eggs / Jak vyrobit ceske kraslice

With Easter being just around the corner, I found just that perfect crafty pre-Easter project for you. Let’s learn how to make Czech kraslice (decorated Easter Eggs)! Jana White from Crafts.helium.com will teach us the method step by step and the best thing is that you don’t need to buy any extra decorating tools.

Click here to see the step-by-step directions.

CZ: Za par tydnu tu bodou Velikonoce a jak jinak se na ne pripravit nez kurzem kresleni ceskych kraslic? Jana White z Crafts.helium.com nam ukaze postup  jejich vyroby krok za krokem a nejlepsi na tom je, ze k tomu nebudete potrebovat ani specialni nacini!

 Presny postup najdete zde.

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Watch Czech movies for free / Divejte se na ceske filmy zdarma

New websites with Czech movies discovered! And the best thing is that it’s free. AND the come with subtitles!!!

CZ: Nove webove stranky s ceskymi filmy, na ktere se muzete divat zadarmo!

http://www.youtube.com/user/filmgoria

http://www.czfilm.eu/

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Useful Czech websites for children / Vyborne detske webovky

I have put together a short list of some useful websites for our little ones. Most of them have videos of Czech fairy-tales which you can watch for free. The first link is a mix of everything – it has songs, riddles, poetry, games….anything you can imagine. I hope it will be useful to you. By the way, these websites are also a great Czech language learning tool!

CZ: Ceske maminky a tatinci, zde je kratky list webovek, ktery se vam bude hodit. Vetsina linku vam umozni divat se na ceske pohadky zdarma. Prvni link ma od vseho trosku: rikanky, hadanky, omalovanky, pohadky….na co si jen vzpomenete.

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Top 12 most beautiful mirracles of the Czech nature / 12 nejkrasnejsich prirodnich zazraku ceske republiky

The following list is definitely worth printing out or even memorize if you are planning on visiting the Czech Republic. If you were indecisive about what places to visit, your problem is solved! Here are the top 12 nature landmarks in the Czech Republic. If you want to see a picture of each of them, click here (although the text is in Czech, do not despair,their list has the same number order as mine so go by the numbers). And in case  you want to find out more about these places, just click on each one and it will link you to a more-in-depth resource.

CZ: Novinky.cz zverejnily moc hezky list 12-ti nejkrasnejsich prirodnich zazraku v Cechach. Clovek by si je mel asi vsechny zapamatovat, aby mohl nejenze imponoval sve neceske zname, ale aby je mohl vsechny v tom svem kratkem zivote navstivit a pokochat se jimi!

1. The Southern Bohemian desert in Trebonsko (Poust v Jiznich Cechach)
2.The Prokop Valley (Prokopske udoli)
3. Primeval forest in Beskydy (Prales v Beskydech) [click to continue…]

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10 things in the Czech Republic that are better than in America (part II)

• NO all-you-can-eat buffets (Getting fat!!! Hello!!)

• Quality of bread
• Daily exercise consists of more than just pressing your foot on a gas pedal
• Architecture has much more personality
• Public transportation is not used just by homeless people and ex-cons
• Fruit and vegetables taste REAL (not like the weird, tasteless, waxy-looking stuff that is available in the conventional US grocery stores)

• Not everyone is suing everyone for everything
• Burty ( type of kielbasa)
• Universal public acceptance of beauty of Svickova and Vepro, Knedlo, Zelo
• Visiting another country doesn’t actually take 10 hours of flying

FOR PART I CLICK HERE

Do you have anything to add?? Leave a comment!

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Tagged as: Czech food, humor, practical, slovak food

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Impress someone with a true Slovak meal / Nauc se varit slovenske pochoutky

Here is a useful website for those of you who are Slovaks or have some Slovak ancestors…or have a Slovak girlfriend and would like to impress her by making her a true Slovak meal.

By the way for those of you who are not familiar with Slovak cuisine it is VERY similar to the Czech cuisine. Lots of potatoes and meat and cabbage and paprika and garlic and dumplings and grease. So czech out (or should I say ‘slovak out’) those Slovak recipes!

CZ: Jestlize inklinujete spise ke slovenske kuchyni nez k te ceske (i kdyz mezi nimi je opravdu jen malinkaty rozdil), mam pro vas vyborny link na slovenske recepty (klikntete zde).

Dobrou Chut!

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The good times are over: maternity grant and childrens allowance are being cut back/ Prispevky na deti a porodne se od ledna (bohuzel!) snizuji

WARNING: this post is going to be VERY boring for someone who is NOT a Czech mother living abroad. For that reason I am not even going to attempt to translate it into English. If you are a Czech mother living abroad pull out your handkerchief and weep because the good times are over…..

CZ: Kamaradka mi poslala novinky ohledne prispevku na deti a porodneho. Jeden poplatek se snizuje a druhy (porodne) plati jen pro prvorodicky. Ano, je na case vytahnout si vsechny ubrousky a kapesniky co mate po kapsach a horce si zaplakat.

Příspěvek:

Dosud pobírají rodiče u čtyřleté varianty rodičovský příspěvek v základní výměře, tedy ve výši 7600 korun měsíčně, do 21 měsíců věku dítěte. Od ledna bude příspěvek v základní výměře poskytován pouze do dovršení desátého měsíce věku dítěte.

Sníženou výměru, tedy 3800 korun měsíčně, tak rodiče na čtyřleté rodičovské dovolené budou pobírat již od desátého měsíce věku dítěte na rozdíl od současného 22. měsíce. [click to continue…]

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Shoes united / Sjednocene boty

What shoe size are you? The American-size number 8? Or the European number 37? The numbers could not get more confusing. But I have got a good news! The biggest shoe-makers in the world are wanting to unite the sizing system. The measuring units should be similar to the metric system, which will include also the biomechanical proportions of the foot. [click to continue…]

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REVISED list: Where to find Czech and Slovak groceries in the US stores / Kde najit Ceske a Slovenske potraviny v Americkych obchodech

rohliky google image

Many of us , Czechs and Slovaks living in the US, have been on a desperate hunt for Czech/Slovak groceries. Some were more successful than others so  I got the idea to ask around and here is what my friends (thanks you guys!!) and I put together.

PS: I read through your great comments and added most of the new goodies in (highlighted in red).

CZ: Vetsina z nas, Cechu a Slovaku zijicich v USA, ma ten samy problem. Jsme totiz na nekonecnem honu po ceskych. (nebo alespon podobne chutnajicich) potravinach Nekteri jedinci byli uspesnejsi nez zoufajici vetsina a tak jsem dostala napad optat se v okoli. Toto je list, ktery jsme vytvorily s mymi kamaradkami (diky holky!!).

PS: Procetla jsem vase vzacne komenty a vetsinu novych vecicek jsem k listu pridala – jsou zvyraznene cervene

1. Trader Joe’s

  • Trader Joe’s Yogurt cups  (vanila & Cream yogurt) – tastes just like “Pribinacek“
  • Trader Joe’s rolls – Czech “rohliky“ (warm them up in the toaster oven)
  • Czech beers -  Broucek, Starobrno, Krusovice, Staropramen
  • “Slivovitz” (green bottle) – tastes the same as the Czech Slivovice
  • Meringues (Trader Joe’s brand) – Czech “pusinky”
  • TJ Potato chips – taste like the ones from the Czech Fair (chutnaji jako ty z poute: premastene a preslanene..vyborne!!)
  • Mineral water – taste just like the one in Czech
  • Melta (barley coffee-like beverage) – Pero brand is made in Switzerland, it’s very good [click to continue…]

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Czech e-books on line and free! / Ceske elektronicke knihy zdarma!

e-book google imageAre you tired of asking your friends and relatives to send you Czech/Slovak books? The situation gets really uncomfortable: books are usually heavy and the postage fee ends up being ridiculously high and you end up feeling totally guilty since your friend/relative pays that fee without wanting you to to pay him back.

Forget these awkward moments because I have recently discovered  a Czech website which has electronic books on-line! All you have to do is register and start reading :-) (click here).

CZ: Ja nevim jak vy, ale ja mam ohromny seznam ceskych knih, ktere mym rodicum postupne posilam, aby mi one knihy preposlali do USA. Problem je v tom, ze knihy jsou tezke a postovne je diky tomu nesmirne drahe. Vzdycky je mi mych rodicu/kamaradu lito, zo to plati, aniz by chteli neco nazpatek.

Provnile pocity ted uz ale muzeme vsichni hodit do kose, ponevadz jsem nasla tzv. Imperium elektronickych knih, kde si muzete elektronicke knihy precitat zdarma. Staci se jen zaregistrovat a zacit cist!

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