Today Is International Beer Day – and Czechs Know Just How To Celebrate
The first Friday in August is International Beer Day, a celebration originating in California that has been going since 2007. But in the Czech Republic, the number one beer drinking…
Czechs Report Above EU-Average Satisfaction With Their Personal Relationships
Eurostat surveyed adults in every EU/EEA country on their level of satisfaction with their personal relationships. The Czech Republic had the 8th highest average score in the ;Photo credit: Freepik…
Br(u)no: Counting Beers to Fall Asleep
Photo credit: Freepik / For illustrative purposes. I’m not good at ;I have been trying it lately because I am even worse at ;I don’t think I have insomnia. I just have a strange ; Basically, I am…
Grumpy Br(u)no: What’s So Hard About Sorting Waste?
The good news: Czechs recycle. The bad news: most can’t sort their waste very well. Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil. The summer is great. The early mornings are crisp and fresh…
Br(u)no: Lessons From a Year of Weekly Columns
Photo credit: KK / Brno Daily. On Saturday, June 29, 2019, Brno Daily published a story titled “Br(u)no: The Onset of Summer”. It was about summer coming and it was…
Br(u)no: Always Have Something Interesting To Say
Photo credit: Freepik / For illustrative purposes. To the graduating class of 2020: Congratulations! You’ve completed more than a dozen years of school. You’ve grown physically, psychologically, socially, emotionally and…
Br(u)no: Ladies First
Photo credit: KK / Brno Daily. My 5-year-old daughter learned at preschool that “Dámy mají přednost.” In English, that means “Ladies first”. This knowledge has prompted a small female empowerment movement in my home — and that is confusing…
Br(u)no: America Doesn’t have 13 Months. No Beer for You!
Something as simple as the calendar can cause plenty of confusion when you alternate between United States and Czech formats. Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil. One would think that a piece…
Br(u)no: The Circus is in Town
Cirkus Humberto is back in South Brno, with an amusement park beside it, a seating plan to follow the COVID-19 social distancing regulations and, apparently, the hope that the people…
Br(u)no: Close to Home
If all the world is a stage, then so is the sidewalk in front of our homes — even during a ;Photo credit: Bruno Zalubil One of the fun things about life is mixing with people and having interesting ;You ;You laugh.…