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March 2007

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (IV)

March 17, 2007

OMG, Those Commercials! All of a sudden, I found American network TV almost impossible to watch due to the irritatingly frequent commercial breaks. I somehow got used to the commercials when I lived in the U.S. a few years ago, but it seems to me that they came on even more often this time. For [...]

Prague is Blooming

March 11, 2007

Today was a beautiful, sunny day in Prague.  The trees in Petřín Park are starting to bloom. Lots of people were out enjoying the spring weather. Petřín Park (Petřínské sady), March 11, 2007 What a difference a year makes… Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí), March 12, 2006

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (III)

March 8, 2007

Smoking or Non-Smoking? Who Cares? California restaurants are blessed with clean air. There is a state-wide ban on smoking in public places, so you never, ever have to have that little “Smoking or non-smoking?” conversation with the waiter as you enter a restaurant. You never have to scan the room to find a table that’s [...]

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (II)

March 5, 2007

Public Transport (or the Nonexistence Thereof) From 1999 to 2004, Jeff and I lived in a suburban town in the San Francisco Bay Area that had a population of some 40,000 people. We had virtually no public transport available. I think there was a bus running between some of the neighboring towns about once or [...]

Back from the U.S.: My Observations (I)

March 1, 2007

Purple Hair (or the Absence Thereof) In the course of our 17-day stay in California, we didn’t see a single person with their hair dyed red or purple. It really struck me as quite a noticeable difference compared to the Czech Republic where these odd hair colors seem to have been the rage for years. [...]

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