Posted in Language, Travel, tagged tourism, Mallorca, Spain on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
Today, 1:00 p.m., a general store in S´Illot, Mallorca.
I am buying water and ice tea. The lady behind the counter with whom I so far spoke English or German or some minimum Spanish, suddenly says the price in Czech. When she returns the money from a twenty, she counts in Czech.
How did you know I [...]
Posted in Economy, Eh, Czechs, Travel on July 2, 2008 | No Comments »
A sign in CZECH in my hotel restaurant:
Dear guests, please be advised that no takeaway is allowed. If you are seen doing so, the hotel would have to insist that you pay for what you have been attempting to take out.
Haven´t we learned already?
Posted in Economy, Travel, tagged airlines, strike on July 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I have been in Mallorca since last Saturday.
I came on the day when baggage handlers decided to strike.
Now, THIS is what we can call a strike. Thousands of angry people who are about to start their vacation have to wait for their luggage for TWO to THREE HOURS. Some youngsters would even open the gates from which the belts [...]
Posted in Eh, Czechs, Travel, tagged holiday, summer on June 20, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are a no-strings-attached person like yours truly, you would enjoy a relatively new way of buying your summer holiday. I am sure it is not specific to the Czech Republic, but I am also sure that in some countries this way of vacationing is impossible, due to labor laws, lifestyle(s) etc.
It is called [...]
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 Czech Tourism, Travel, tagged Prague, PRG, Ruzyne on May 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It is a widely known fact that cab drivers in Prague rip people off. They overcharge on airport-to-center rides and they are even worse when it comes to short rides in downtown Prague. One of them even did this to Mayor of Prague Pavel Bem who posed as an unsuspecting tourist.
I am surprised tourists even [...]
Posted in Brno, Czech Tourism, Travel, tagged festivals on May 23, 2008 | No Comments »
[to be updated on May 24] Among the numerous late May events thanks to which the city will never sleep (this and next week) is the Balloon Jam [left]. It attracts thousands of people, even though they only get to witness the unpacking of the balloons and the preparation works and the takeoff, which [...]
Posted in Language, Travel on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
The Denik chain of affiliate newspapers conducted a nationwide test of patrol cops and cops-on-duty on several precincts. The journalists pretended to be foreigners who were robbed or who had a similar problem.
And the result?
In most cases the reaction to Is there anyone who speaks English? or to a more complicated sentences was - big surprise [...]
Posted in Eh, Czechs, Travel on April 24, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This has to be the stupidest tourism-related offer I have seen in years.
Czechs who go on holidays to Croatia with the CKVT travel agency can enjoy the company of Czech actors, stand-up comedians, singers, etc. The noted personalities get their “holiday” more or less for free in exchange for their performance. The travel agency is advertising [...]
Posted in Brno, Nature, Travel, tagged animals, museum on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
If you are a fan of bizarre things, you should see what the University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno has on display. Its Institute of Pathological Morphology has a small museum in which you can see stuffed cows with two heads or six legs. There are sheep with four normal legs and a fifth leg [...]
