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Combating Graffiti: If Others Can Do It, Why Can’t We?

May 31, 2007

Seems like Prague is not alone in battling a graffiti problem.  That’s good news in a way. At least we know that unsightly graffiti scrawled on beautiful new facades of historical buildings are not a Prague specialty and that vandals can – unfortunately – be found everywhere. There’s also another benefit to the international character of [...]

My Two Cents on Three Little Ducks

May 15, 2007

Back in December, this blog post by Jesse really hit home. It is about what I have referred to as the “exact change obssession” that you so often run into at the cash registers of Czech stores. Using cash is still the most common way to pay for your shopping in the Czech Republic. Credit [...]

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

March 29, 2007

The Prius Mania I was amazed and pleased to see how many Californians drive the Prius (the wonderful hybrid gas/electric car by Toyota). Two or three years ago, there were a few of them on the roads. Now you can easily see four in an hour. The Czech Republic has a ways to go in this [...]

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

March 26, 2007

Care for Some Water? You won’t find a Czech restaurant that will serve free water and you won’t find a Czech restaurant that will serve tap water. At the same time, basically every Czech restaurant offers at least one brand of mineral water, which often comes in several varieties: still, lightly sparkling and sparkling. Mineral [...]

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 [...]

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