Archive for March, 2008
Prague Here We Come? After the delay
So here I am stuck in Dublin Airport as he flight is delayed for two hours. It doesn’t happen often thank god, but airports are fairly boring places.
However Aerlingus gave us vouchers for food - good… And I get to sit here in Starbucks and chill for a few hours - still it is hard […]
Posted: March 27th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Act on Ideas
I think I have many ideas because I value them when they come to me. I don’t know where the ideas come from, but when I get them I do something about them. That does not mean I have to put every idea into action - many I just don’t have time for […]
Posted: March 25th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Working in Ireland
During the last couple of years I have become a tourist Guide. Because I have lived and spent at lot of time working in Ireland I have come to know the country quite well, sometimes it feels like I have lived here as a tourist myself for the last ten years and never really […]
Posted: March 23rd, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Slovak Orchestra
I was wandering on Grafton Street last week and came across some people playing on the street and as is my usual I stopped to listen for a whiel. They were good, so I found out that they are part of the Slovak Orchestra who are playing in the National Concert Hall on April […]
Posted: March 21st, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Czechs dislike working abroad
Czechs working legally in old EU countries number 43,000 according to recent study by the Research Institute for Labour and Social Affairs. The largest number of Czechs work in Germany, Great Britain and Austria.
Czechs stay in their motherland because of rising living standards and wages, because they fear difficulties they could face while searching for […]
Posted: March 21st, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Christ Church Evensong Dublin
It is because of this man that I have been to Christ Church evensong - twice! Now to many that may not be a surprise, but to those who know me and my dislike of religions, well that says it all…
I do have a laugh at this dislike sometimes. I own a website […]
Posted: March 20th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Security Patrols on the Camino
For the first time the security patrols provided by the Xunta will be in service during Holy Week, that is from the 14th to the 24th of March. As a rule, the two patrol cars with uniformed, albeit unarmed, guards cover the portion of the French Camino in Galicia, from O Cebreiro to Monte del […]
Posted: March 15th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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European English?
European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known […]
Posted: March 15th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Some days I Hate Dublin
Just some days, not every day. But today is one of those days, I don’t see anything good about Dublin as I walk through. It started with my taxi this morning - he hates the government, many do right now as they watch the farce of honest Bertie.
I went to where we had […]
Posted: March 14th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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Pension reform bill started in Parliament
The lower house passed today bill on a pensions that will gradually increase the retirement age to 65 years and extend the obligatory social insurance from 25 to 35 years. But the Czech Republic does not yet follow the rules similar to ones of its western neighboors.
The government-proposed bill successfully passed only through the first reading […]
Posted: March 12th, 2008 under Czech Republic, Prague, Prague Old Town.
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