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Winter in Central Europe [#projectBrno blog post]
Even as I grow more settled over here, cultural differences still crop up ( Read more... ) -
Fighting off the Central European winter... with goulash #projectBrno
Goulash, or guláš as it's called around here, is a popular local dish. But the "real thing" is made with beef, so I can't eat it ( Read more... ) -
What aging feels like, according to the late great Sir Terry Pratchett
Little extract from The Last Continent, a much-underrated Discworld book:
The wizards are getting hit with ageing spells. The old ones get young, and the solitary young one (Ponder Stibbons) is suddenly very elderly:
'Could be, sir. Er... some of them have gone, sir ( Read more... ) -
Guča trumpet festival (#projectBrno interlude)
(This is by nature of both a brief interlude from the account of the Bosnian trip, which I'll get back to Real Soon Now, I promise, and indeed of the #projectBrno posts in general ( Read more... ) -
A holiday in Cambodia, no, the other one, Bosnia (part 1) [travel blog post]
I've been living in Central Europe for nearly a year and a half now. It was time I explored a little more of it than my immediately-neighbouring cities. So, with mild trepidation, I laid down just under 10,000 Czech crowns for a week and a half's trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina in the spring.
It was with a local firm, Kudrna. (That's a lot more ( Read more... ) -
A brief word on Czech beer (mini-post in #projectBrno)
Czech lager has been a revelation for me ( Read more... ) -
Donner und blitzen
I went swimming to escape the 30º heat this afternoon. The outdoor pool at my local place, on top of the hill at Kravi Hora, was closed, for some reason ( Read more... ) -
This is not the best novelist in the world. This is just a tribute.
A long time ago, a man decided to take a chance and moved abroad for a new job ( Read more... ) -
The cult of Vladimir Vladimirovich -- #projectBrno blog post, kinda
Over here in Central Europe, very close to Eastern Europe, the activities of Влади́мир Влади́мирович Пу́тин, President of Russia, are a topic of considerable and continuing interest. I have a few Russian friends in Brno, who like it for its freer, more relaxed, dare I even say Bohemian lifestyle compared to The Motherland ( Read more... )
