Posted in People, Sports, tagged Olympics, Sports on June 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Between 2005 and 2007 I didn’t really have a chance to meet “famous people” which is one of the advantages of the profession of a news reporter. I had been the Deputy Editor-In-Chief and also what we like to call Managing Daily Editor which is a person who is in charge of the daily work on [...]
Posted in Life, Nature, People, Travel, tagged Nature, nudism on May 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here is an idea: there should be a beach in Yellowstone National Park. People would be allowed to walk around naked or lie on their blankets and towels, but they would not be allowed to swim in any of the lakes.
Sounds crazy? This is exactly what is happening in Brno. Here. This former quarry and [...]
Posted in Entertainment, People, tagged Paris Hilton, tabloid, celebrities, Good Charlotte on March 30, 2008 | 6 Comments »
..UPDATED on MARCH 31..
Paris Hilton was injured in a restaurant in downtown Prague while attempting to “run away” from photographers. According to an iDNES news server reporter she tripped and fell and broke her chin.
When asked whether she needed an ambulance, Hilton said No, but these people are crazy.
And when finally leaving the restaurant she [...]
Posted in People on March 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Paris Hilton will come to Prague on Sunday, as she is accompanying her musician boyfriend who has a gig here… I bet these are things she will surely say…
10. I heard Czechs don’t like spring in Prague. Why? It’s kinda nice.
9. No, you can not pay me with two kilos of Prague ham to attend [...]
Posted in People on March 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Paris Hilton is coming to Prague this Sunday. Her boyfriend who is a band member of Good Charlotte has a gig here.
Have your cameras ready.
Czechs are the same as just any nation when it comes to once-in-a-lifetime chances to see celebrities. But– Paris is no big deal around here, specially since the Czech beauty principle [...]
Posted in Eh, Czechs, People, tagged culture shock on October 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Czech employees of Foxconn IT company in the Czech town of Pardubice are signing a petition against their fellow workers from Eastern Europe (the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, or Belarus), the Pardubicky denik daily informed today.
The authors of the petition claim that the hygiene habits and standards of these foreigners are “terrible”. Among the examples they [...]
Posted in Law, People on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
A motorcycle fan from Germany showed a Nazi salute at a beer party during the MotoGP in Brno last weekend. As you can see on the photo [the article is in Czech, though], a friend of his joined him for a split second.
The police is are NOT going to investigate it since nobody pressed charges, and [...]
Posted in People on August 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ceska Street is a 300-meter pedestrian zone in downtown Brno, leading from the main square to a busy intersection where people like to meet in evenings before going to pubs, clubs or movies. During the day it is packed with people. And not just normal people who want to walk from the point A to [...]
Posted in People on August 1, 2007 | No Comments »
Recently I discovered the advantages of low-cost airlines. I bought a ticket on Thursday for one crown (excl. the airport/fuel taxes/fares). Leaving on Friday, coming back on Sunday. The Prague-Barcelona flight takes two hours. The bus ride from Brno to Prague is 30 minutes longer… wow.
Posted in Life, People, Politics on July 25, 2007 | No Comments »
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek has an illegitimate son with Deputy Speaker of Parliament Lucie Talmanova. The boy, Nicolas, was born on Tuesday. The PM is about to divorce. But his wife now doesn’t want to give her consent. Topolane says he understands it. I don’t. On Wednesday the PM called a press conference at which [...]
