Outdoor grilling is especially popular this time of year. It always draws crowds when it happens on Old Town Square (Staroměstské náměstí). The first two pictures are from last Monday when there was a celebration for the Czech team winning the 2010 Hockey World Championship.
The sausage stands on Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí) are still a draw for a quick bite. The two stands at the bottom of the square are the busiest.
Czech Tongue Twisters
We have a number of Czech tongue twisters on our Czech language learning site Local Lingo. We are in the process of adding audio for all of the tongue twisters and making them easy to listen to. Just press play – no software needed.
Here are a few popular tongue twisters with slow and normal speed audio.
If you would like to suggest a Czech tongue twister to include on Local Lingo, please let us know in the comments.
Click on the “play” button to hear the audio.
Strč prst skrz krk.
Stick your finger through your throat.
Slow version
Pštros s pštrosicí a malými pštrosáčaty.
A male ostrich with a female ostrich and baby ostriches went to the ostrich house.
Slow version
Třistatřiatřicet stříbrných křepelek přeletělo přes třistatřiatřicet stříbrných střech.
Three hundred and thirty three silver quails flew over three hundred and thirty three silver roofs.
Slow version
One Star for Prague in 2010 Michelin Guide
The MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2010 is out and Prague retains a one star restaurant. The Allegro Restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel defended its one star rating while the other one star restaurant from 2009, Gordon Ramsay’s Maze, closed before the ratings were released in 2009.
Divinis and SaSaZu are two new recipients of the Bib Gourmand award, which indicates a “high quality, affordable, three-course meal”. Aromi, Le Cornichon (now closed) and Le Terroir defended their Bib Gourmand awards from last year.
For further reading see:
Prague´s Allegro restaurant defends its Michelin star from 2008
If you are interested in purchasing the guide:
MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2010
MICHELIN guide Main Cities of Europe 2010
The Czech Olympic Team – with audio pronunciation
The Olympic games start today in Vancouver, Canada. The Czech Republic has sent a record number of 92 athletes to participate in the games. If you plan to follow the various sporting disciplines, you may hear some Czech names mentioned. We thought we would offer an audio pronunciation of the names of some of the Czech athletes to watch out for.
Click on the “play” button to hear the name pronounced. The button for the hockey team includes audio for all the players.
The ice hockey team
Miroslav Blaťák, Petr Čajánek, Roman Červenka, Patrik Eliáš, Martin Erat, Tomáš Fleischmann, Martin Havlát, Jan Hejda, Jaromír Jágr, Tomáš Kaberle, David Krejčí, Filip Kuba, Pavel Kubina, Milan Michálek, Zbyněk Michálek, Ondřej Pavelec, Tomáš Plekanec, Roman Polák, Tomáš Rolinek, Jakub Štěpánek, Josef Vašíček, Tomáš Vokoun, Marek Židlický
Lukáš Bauer – cross-country skiing
Tomáš Kraus – freestyle skiing
Nikola Sudová – freestyle skiing
Martina Sáblíková – speed skating
Šárka Záhrobská – alpine skiing
The Prague Post article Vancouver 2010: Czechs send record team to Olympics provides background on the Czech team and contenders. (link no longer working)
The Czech Olympic Committee published their Czech Olympic Team media guide that lists details about all of the Czech athletes participating in the games.
http://www.olympic.cz/docs/MediaGuide2010_LR_FIN.pdf (Note: the file is 40MB)
Best of luck to the Czech team! Hodně štěstí!