Showing posts with label Czech people. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Czech people. Show all posts
Saturday, July 28, 2012

Bravo David Černý! You Have Europe Giggling Again. This time with your Red London Double Decker Bus doing pushups!

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Longtime readers of the Empty Nest Expat blog know I am a huge fan of Czech artist David Černý and his very Czech brand of irreverance and b...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

What's there to do in Wichita, Kansas? Why not see breathtaking art?

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No matter where I go in the world, I swear I could find the most interesting things to do in any given town. Wichita, Kansas was no exceptio...
Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The perfect tribute to Václav Havel : the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent

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The Goddess of Democracy from Tiananmen Square circa 1989 Václav Havel and the Czechs inspired my 'Empty Nest Expat' adventure...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Yes, the Czech Republic is really like this

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Imagine, being able to find beauty like this and world class beer for under $1 a glass all in one country.  Yes, the Czech Republic and Slov...
Sunday, May 15, 2011

What Creates Compassion?

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"If you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a per...
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Checking Out the History of Dissidents: New Vaclav Havel Library to Open in 2013

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A Force for Good Vaclav Havel Modeled after the American Presidential Libraries, the new Vaclav Havel Library will be a repository for Vacl...
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Saturday, April 23, 2011

Religion will be 'nearly extinct' in the Czech Republic by 2050

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The Czech Republic is already the most atheist nation on Earth. Mathematicians and scientists are predicting that the Czech Republic will be...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

The Czech President Pockets A Pen

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President Klaus brought home a great souvenir of his State Visit to Chile.  Click on my title to watch the video.  Five million people have ...
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Thursday, December 23, 2010

St. Clement's Anglican English-Speaking Church Services will be broadcast globally this Christmas on BBC Radio 4

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You've heard that Christmas carol about ''Good King Wenceslas,'' right?  Well who was he? The Czechs know but everyone e...
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Friday, December 10, 2010

Heda Kovaly, Czech Who Wrote of Totalitarianism, Is Dead at 91

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People of a certain age in the Czech Republic have had the misfortune of experiencing the full blast of the worst of the 20th century.  The ...
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Thursday, October 28, 2010

Czech People Overlooked Yet Again for the Nobel Peace Prize

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I am sure that 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo of China is a brave and amazing person who puts mere mortals to shame. However, it m...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Celebrating 90 Years of Artist Zenděk Sýkora

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On a tip from a sophisticated, handsome young Czech at the opening of the Pod Ball: Malí Urvi II exhibit now showing at DOX Contemporary...
Thursday, May 13, 2010

Dvorak Embraced Spillville, Iowa; Spillville, Iowa Embraced Dvorak

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When I left the Czech Republic last year, I flew back to the American Midwest. Within two weeks, I needed to go to my home state of Iowa fo...
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Easter Weekend in Plsen

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One of the most beautiful times I had in the Czech Republic last year was when I went to Plsen on Easter weekend to visit Hana, my longtime...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

Pictures at an Exhibition

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Jana, center, invited colleagues Justin and me to join her at a reception for a Czech photographer's exhibition of Tibetan culture. It ...