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Getting to grips with the Czech language is not a simple task. Like most Slavic languages, it is rather hard to pronounce if you’re used to Latin-based languages. Knowing Maltese, however, means that...
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Czech Delicacies
We turn into Wenceslas Square. I am here with the world’s foremost train man Jools Stone, and his better half Kirsty, who are in Prague for a day or two. I cannot claim to know this corner of Prague...
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Conflicting Advice
As any expat can tell you, one of the very annoying and very fun things about living in a new country is the fact that you need to rediscover basic things from scratch. You used to know how to catch a...
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More Stereotypes
The shopping centre, a vast mass of buildings hugging the horizon, looms into view, twilight just about back lighting it. We park the car amidst the rows of other cars and head towards the main...
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Under The Knife
I shrug my blazer off. The temperature outside is already warm as Spring is compensating for the cold weather we had over Christmas. Inside the doctor’s waiting room, it is a little warmer and I place...
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Confused Signs
I have lived in the Czech Republic for several months now but have not written about the place as often as I wrote about Belgium. (Belgium is a very strange place so there was lots to write about)....
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Colour Blind
After much frantic hand-waving and miming, I managed to convince the Ikea customer care desk that the mirrors they delivered had been broken during delivery. I did not have to wait too long to get a...
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Trans-gender and Ikea
Like most people who end up in new apartments, I had a lot of things to do when I moved to Prague. Like most people who end up in new apartments and are slightly mentally unhinged, I ended up in Ikea...
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What does it mean to live in any country these days? I live in Belgium; I enjoy Belgian chocolates, drink Belgian beer and complain about the lack of a Belgian government but this certainly does not...
View ArticleCzech Hill-Billy
(Scene: I sit and listen to a wriggly nosed and moustachioed speaker as he talks about the benefits of living in the Czech Republic. Click here to read all about it) Now that the golfing is out of the...
View ArticleThe Laws of Physics
(Scene: I experience a surreal talk about the beauties of Prague. My wriggly nosed speaker has already shared his thoughts on golf and what cable cars are used for.) My partner squeezes my hand and...
View ArticleA Lifting Experience
I stare at the electrical sockets, purposefully. The room is empty except for a rather morose looking light fitting hanging from the ceiling. I’m not convinced about this place, but I have to admit...
View ArticleImaginative Use Of Space
My apartment hunting in Prague continues. I saw a place which had a bedroom shaped like the letter ‘Z’. I saw another recently renovated place that looked like it had been recently renovated in the...
View ArticleCondemned
If I really had to choose one type of building to live in, I would choose one that has not been recently condemned. You’d think that this point would be obvious, but that which is obvious to some is...
View ArticleWashing Instructions
Four burly men wrap their chunky hands around my bed and carry it into the living room. I am surrounded by boxes and am watching the removers as they unload their truck and unpack my items. At first...
View ArticleExotic Countries
Across the table from me, sits a delightful-looking young blonde Czech lady who pecks at her food. I have pretty much monopolised the conversation so far and tried to ask a few questions to give her...
View ArticlePointless Instructions
I shuffle along the quiet, dark street. It is a Sunday night and one of the benefits of Prague (especially when compared to Brussels) is that the shops open on Sundays. The ability to get a few...
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Getting to grips with the Czech language is not a simple task. Like most Slavic languages, it is rather hard to pronounce if you’re used to Latin-based languages. Knowing Maltese, however, means that...
View ArticleCzech Delicacies
We turn into Wenceslas Square. I am here with the world’s foremost train man Jools Stone, and his better half Kirsty, who are in Prague for a day or two. I cannot claim to know this corner of Prague...
View ArticleConflicting Advice
As any expat can tell you, one of the very annoying and very fun things about living in a new country is the fact that you need to rediscover basic things from scratch. You used to know how to catch …...
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