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Comment on Tangled wires - series 1 by Mrs. G

Mrs. G — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:51:59 +0000

I agree. When I saw the picture, my first reaction was “Oh! It looks like the electric poles here in the Philippines.” True enough, when I scrolled down, the picture was taken in Bacolod City. Sigh…

Comment on Tangled wires - series 1 by Chris

Chris — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:30:53 +0000

Wow, considering the fact i am an electrician in the US, i have to say thats an electricians nightmare. also an accident waiting to happen.

Comment on Choosing a hotel for your vacation by Tanja

Tanja — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 03:41:12 +0000

Hi,

One of my readers pointed out your blog to me. I am not sure if you are Czech but you do have a Prague connections I see so we have something in common I am from Prague as well, have been living in the US for about 10 years now and I have a blog for Czechs and Slovaks living abroad. It’s called the Czechmate diary so check it out if you get a chance (Especially if you are Czech)!

Thanks!

PS: you do have wonderful pictures on your site

Comment on Choosing a hotel for your vacation by Mizé

Mizé — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:30:12 +0000

Hi.
Nice to see you´re blogging about my country.
Lisbon, the capital, is a very nice city with lots of ancient traditions.
What I like best about Belem is “Pastéis de Belem” wich are a typical and wonderful cake.
Thanks for returning my drops.
All the best. Mizé.

Comment on Name the city - part 3 by Name the city 3 - the answer | prague connection

Name the city 3 - the answer | prague connection — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 19:00:25 +0000

[...] - only two guesses were posted in the comments to my guessing game ‘Name the city part 3‘, so either I lost all my readers or they are all bored [...]

Comment on Name the city - part 3 by carey @ happysteps

carey @ happysteps — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:40:39 +0000

Based on your hints: I googled cotton-producing countries and looked at the top ten, then came up with Uzbekistan as the country… but you want the city name, yeah? I’m guessing it’s the capital Tashkent… though I haven’t seen those buildings from the Tashkent images I’ve surfed online. Whew!

Comment on Name the city - part 3 by cookie

cookie — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:32:02 +0000

thinking, thinking, thinking… okay now i remember where you’ve been traveling lately. these pics were taken from the capital of Uganda which is tahdan -> Kampala?

Comment on What happened on August 21, 1968? by Ivanhoe

Ivanhoe — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:21:39 +0000

You did such a great job! Thanks for promoting the little Czech Republic. I posted about this event a few times, last on 8/21.

Comment on What happened on August 21, 1968? by Elen Prague

Elen Prague — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:40:24 +0000

Czechoslovak history during 20th century was not really happy, the great period of Czechoslovak democratic Republic (1918-1938) was ended by coming of Nazis and then World War II, when Bohemia and Moravia were occupied. There was only brief period of freedom after the war, because already in February 1948 communists came to rule. Czechoslovakia thus became one of Soviet satelites. The late forties and the early fifties were extremely hard for some people, especially for those who were against the regime. Later, when in USSR died comrade Stalin in 1953, the public life was slowly starting to be more liberal. But the really big turn about was to come in 1968. It was called the Prague Spring. In January 1968 reformist Alexandr Dubcek came to the power. He started to work on many reforms, which were to make living in Czechoslovakia better. The economy was to be partialy decentralized, the free speech was to be granded, people could travel more. Now, the living in socialism should be finally good. Dubcek and his followers were calling for “Socialismus s lidskou tvari“ (which could be translated as the Socialism with people’s face), means they still wanted Communism, but without the restrictions (as censorship, poor economy etc.), which were so annoying for the people. So the people liked Dubcek’s reforms. But communist officers in Moscow did not like so. Those in Moscow were afraid of what was happening in Czechoslovakia so they have sent Warsaw Pact (Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, Hungary and Bulgaria) troops and tanks to occupy the country. And the troops arrived on 21st of August, people were shocked by tanks in streets, for many of them was really hard to believe it. To believe, that Russians finished the period of liberalization. And some of the Russian soldiers were also confused, they were told they are going to free the country, but instead being welcomed, people were telling them to go home.

They staid for long 40 years and Russian influence was immense - the country was politically, morally and economically ruined.

Comment on St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Vienna by Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:44:43 +0000

The catacombs under Stephansdom are pretty cool. Don’t miss them while in Vienna!