Empty Nest Expat

A typical Ozark road sign We took a scenic route It wouldn't do to fly back to America without spending more time with my girls th...

Thanks to Miss Footloose (aka Karen van der Zee) I've been invited to participate in the My 7 Links project organized by Tripbase, the...

The Streets of Karlovy Vary in Western Bohemia, Czech Republic.  It's a spa town so popular with Russians there are direct flights. Old...

 In honor of President Obama's achievements in signing a new START treaty with Russia this week in Prague, I'm reposting my original...

How to reassure Central Europe that America still cares since the missile shield moved elsewhere? Two Americans with strong ties to the regi...

Dear Mr. President, It seems you have come to a decision about the Eastern European missile shield that will be greeted with relief and grat...

I have to admit that if an American immigrant told me their hardship story about how awful it is to deal with American immigration, my react...

What's Latin for "they came, they saw, they charmed?" That's what President and Mrs. Obama did when he spoke to the Czech...

Vaclav Havel was quoted in the Prague Post as saying "what bothers me most [about the government falling] is that it deepens the aliena...

Excitement is building for President Obama's visit to Prague! I just signed up to follow the White House blog. Want to read it? Click...

Mirek Topolanek, Czech Prime Minister speaking at the EU today Yesterday, the Czech government "fell" in a vote of no confidence. ...

Here at the Empty Nest Expat blog, I occasionally can't resist trying to be useful. The librarian in me, rabidly interested in politics...

Here's a further update on the proposed missile defense system to built in the Czech Republic with the Russian reaction to President Oba...

It looks like President Obama is hard at work at finding a solution to the proposed missile system that works for all countries. Maybe he...

What a great time to be an American in Prague! It's incredibly interesting to watch the Czech Presidency of the EU (that's the firs...

Dear President Obama, One reason everyone is excited about your presidency is our sense that you respect dialogue. There is a large issue di...