Roadtrip USA 2007
After a very very very long break (more than one year I reckon), I posted some more photos from our 2007 US Roadtrip. This time Las Vegas and drive through Nevada desert to California. More photos to come (at some point)… Whole Roadtrip photogallery here.
Postupně doplňujeme fotky z Road Tripu do fotogalerie. Photos from our Roadtrip are gradually added to Photogallery.
My wife Imelda sent me a link to a Prague Post article about poor service culture in the Czech Republic. I found it quite interesting, because it hurts;-) It’s very critical, and it seems to me that most of the readers in their comments under the article agree. Though I would probably dissent in some minor details, in general I think they’re right. We have still lot of work to be done here…
It appears to me, that we Czechs still have the sheep mentality. We are not used to fight for our rights, we often let others step in our face. I’m still learning to be “cheekier” and stand up for my rights (esp. from my beloved wife;-), but I can see this inferiority as a customer is deeply entrenched in my behavior. It may have something to do with the fact that I grew up in communism and the way how schools were run. But the good thing is that now I know about it and I’m gradually working on it. Just stop going to shops that treat you bad, complain if you’re unhappy, don’t submit…
Comments please, am I totally wrong?
Having returned to CZ, comparing my life in US with my life here is inevitable. I figured I’ll try to write a short summary – here is the first part, maybe there will be some more;-) Please do comment if you dis/agree and/or wanna add something… (more…)
Náš soused Nick ukončil své působení zde v Albany a odjel zpět domů do Oregonu. Nechal nám ty asi dvě bedny nejrůznějšího bordel typu nádobí, větráky, vysavač, atd… Mimo jiné od něj máme i televizi a Hifi věž. Z toho používáme hlavně Hifi, akorátže máme jen tři CD. Což je vlastně dobře, protože věž má měnič jen na tři CDčka, takže víc by se jich tam stejně nevešlo:-)
Naše tři CD posloucháme pořád dokola, když třeba něco vaříme. Nejoblíbenější je Sinead O’Connor – zejména track číslo 9. Je to fakt super song, dáváme si ho aspoň tak 3x denně. Další dvě jsou Police (na ní je hit Every Breath You Take, ale myslím, že cover od Sto zvířat je výrazně lepší:-) a soundtrack k filmu Philadephia (hit od Bruce Springsteena).
No a dneska ráno jsem i zapnul televizi, a co nevidím: Charlie Rose talkshow (to je slavný interviewer, který interviewoval snad všechny lidi na světě) a má tam jako hosty Henryho Kissingera, Zbygniewa Brzezinskiho a Brenta Scowcrofta – samý National Security poradci Amerických prezidentů (Nixona, Forda, Cartera). Celkem zajímavá diskuse, škoda, že něc takového nedávají na ČT1:-) Nejchytřejší nám s Onurem asi přišel Brzezinski, vyjadřovaj se velmi jasně, kultivovaně a perfektní angličtinou. Kissinger byl lepší, než na konferenci NAFAC, vtipnější, ale říká tak trochu pořád to samý…
No nic, jdu zas do knihovny, už nemám moc času:-)
(I’ll write this in English, because it will be useful mostly for non-Czechs.)
When your friends from abroad come to Prague and ask you to show them around, you face the difficult task of choosing the right things to make it impressive, not boring and in a way representative. That is actually very difficult, especially for someone who was born and has ever since lived in Prague. You don’t have the necessary distance to judge what stuff is interesting for a foreigner, because you walk in those streets every day and you have seen all the buildings hundred times.
When I came here, I found out that quite many people had actually gone to Prague for holiday, so when I say I’m from Czech Republic, they often know that it exists and even where it is (some still mix it up with Czechoslovakia, but hey, you can’t blame them for that:-). And usually they mention something interesting they remember. I thought I might try to collect their impressions and maybe it will somehow prove useful in getting “outside picture” of Prague – either to exploit it or to try to remedy it in some instances! (more…)