Empty Nest Expat

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 ...

One of the great attractions of living in the Czech Republic, is that high culture is so alive, so affordable, and so accessible.  Give it ...

Regular readers of my blog know how I have frequently savored tidbits of Czech skepticism so at odds with American pie-in-the-sky optimism. ...

One of the blogs I love to read is Czechmate Diary , by Tanja, a Czech immigrant to the United States. Tanja is in love with all things Cze...

Will he or won't he? Vaclav Klaus loves to 'keep them guessing' when it comes to his endorsement of the Lisbon Treaty. Ouch! Th...

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

Today my friend Anna ran her first half-marathon! What a fun and exciting challenge to set. Gulnara and I offered to serve as her "Sher...

Last month I happened to be having dinner with a Czech politico who's political abilities were as apparent as Arnold Schwarzenegger'...