So we’re almost two months into our Czech adventure and are all settled into our new home in Pardubice. We live in one of the apartment buildings owned by the University where Sinead, my girlfriend is doing her Post-Doctorate. It’s a one bedroom, one living room apartment, i.e. they’re both the same. It’s pretty much … More Our humble abode
I hate to say it but I’m finally sick of snow, and all it’s loveliness. Back home we’d get snow once every……..ooooooh…..ten years, although in recent years we’ve had some pretty nasty winters with heavy snow. But it was still a novelty, we made a snowman, messed about in it, laughed when we slipped on … More Snow place like home
Soooooo I have a job. It’s not teaching English which is what I had thought would be my only option for employment over here. It came about thanks to this blog in fact, which shows that writing a blog can actually open doors and present opportunities to you. I’m working for an English company that … More And then this happened.
Had my first taste of the Czech music scene last night courtesy of a band that’s been around since 1990! Sto Zvírat, which translates as 100 animals are legends of the Ska/Reggae scene in the Czech Republic and last night they played to a full house at Zlutý Pes (Yellow Dog). Ska is such an … More Counting Crows….and dolphins, and horses, and sheep…..
If my strolls around Pardubice have taught me anything, it’s to always keep your eyes peeled for the little things, the details that are so easily missed. I know from walking back through the old square several times since I took the photos for this post that there’s a huge amount of details I missed, … More Details, Details, Details
And that’s just what they’ll do, and one of these days, these boots are gonna……walk all over Pardubice. Went for a wee photo walk the other day while the snow was still fresh and the temperature still well below zero. It’s a balmy four degrees today and all the snow has melted away, except for … More These boots are made for walking
Saw this challenge posted up in my feed and thought why not give it a go. The aim was to write 1,000 words based on the above picture. I used to love these kinds of challenges in school, except we’d usually be given the first sentence as opposed to a picture to work with. I … More Weekly Writing Challenge, 1,000 words
My knowledge of Ice Hockey goes as far as the 1992 classic The Mighty Ducks, and a few games of NHL 96 or 97 many years ago, but I still really wanted to see an Ice Hockey game when we moved here. We live about a five minute walk from the CZ Arena here in … More Flying V! Do the flying VEEEEEEE!!!!
Just got my 1,000th view on the blog, so to celebrate here’s a picture of a jubilant Lemur I took in Dublin Zoo last year.
Czeching Out Tasmania 