Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Mixed 1 week update
The past 7 days really had a bit of everything in them, except new postings on my blog. Now I'll make a comeback with a complete report of everthing that might be of interest to you, and most likely even more...
Wednesday and Thursday:
The Skoda Roomster Roadshow 2006 ended in the home country of Skoda with free concerts by 2 excellent Czech bands. I enjoyed both Support Lesbiens (already for the second time) and Chinaski. If you are wondering what these bands sound and look like, try the following links: Support Lesbiens - Sweet Little Something and Chinaski - Muj Svet (My World).
Thursday:
After the Chinaski concert, there was a party for InBev personnel in the Touster club. Many people showed up and we had a fun evening. An interesting fact was that the club did not sell any InBev products.
Friday morning:
It was not so easy to get to work in time after such a nice party, but I managed anyhow. During the day, I took some random pictures of different people in the office. Here are my neighbours Ringo and Alena. Alena is working right of me, Ringo is on my left.
Friday evening:
Abi from the office suggested to go see a small concert of his friend from Iran who sings in a French bar here in Czech Republic. Shahab's songs were in English, Spanish and Farsi (Persian). I love the internationalism of this city!
Saturday:
The day started with another attempt at baking pancakes. This time, I managed to get it all right. I am now what a Czech person would call "palacinkovy expert".
In the afternoon, Katka passed by to teach me Czech and practice her French. Many hours of practice later I was very happy because I am sure I learnt a lot. Thanks, Katka!
I spent most of the evening walking around the city with Judit, Marian and Zsuzsi, looking for the "Palma restaurant", which was quite hard to find... Only when we finally arrived to "Restaurace Fama" we noticed our mistake. Many trainees had been there for hours already and were preparing to move to club N11. We didn't hesitate to join...
Sunday morning:
At 5 am, on the night tram back home from the club I noticed that I had to change to daylight savings time. This meant one extra hour of sleep, which was welcome indeed.
Sunday evening:
I met Solnitchka (Jana), fellow Nomadlife blogger, AIESEC alumna and above all a very nice and spontaneous person. I had a very nice evening and thanks to Jana's good advice I now also have a new winter jacket. I like its happy color. I just hope nobody will kill me when I will be wearing it.
Monday:
I love the metro system here. It is really fast and modern. Kobylisy is the metro stop I use when I get to work. In the evening I also took a small walk at the Vysehrad station, where you have a great view of Prague. Then I continued to Cerny Most where I found the newest member of our household here: a Zyxel wireless router. Bye bye, internet cable!
Tuesday:
Today, I am leaving to Slovakia to facilitate at the international conference FEEL 2006. I am looking forward to facilitating at a longer conference again. The 11 hour train and bus ride which I'll have to make on my own to get there seems a bit less appealing for now...
Wednesday and Thursday:
The Skoda Roomster Roadshow 2006 ended in the home country of Skoda with free concerts by 2 excellent Czech bands. I enjoyed both Support Lesbiens (already for the second time) and Chinaski. If you are wondering what these bands sound and look like, try the following links: Support Lesbiens - Sweet Little Something and Chinaski - Muj Svet (My World).
Thursday:
After the Chinaski concert, there was a party for InBev personnel in the Touster club. Many people showed up and we had a fun evening. An interesting fact was that the club did not sell any InBev products.
Friday morning:
It was not so easy to get to work in time after such a nice party, but I managed anyhow. During the day, I took some random pictures of different people in the office. Here are my neighbours Ringo and Alena. Alena is working right of me, Ringo is on my left.
Friday evening:
Abi from the office suggested to go see a small concert of his friend from Iran who sings in a French bar here in Czech Republic. Shahab's songs were in English, Spanish and Farsi (Persian). I love the internationalism of this city!
Saturday:
The day started with another attempt at baking pancakes. This time, I managed to get it all right. I am now what a Czech person would call "palacinkovy expert".
In the afternoon, Katka passed by to teach me Czech and practice her French. Many hours of practice later I was very happy because I am sure I learnt a lot. Thanks, Katka!
I spent most of the evening walking around the city with Judit, Marian and Zsuzsi, looking for the "Palma restaurant", which was quite hard to find... Only when we finally arrived to "Restaurace Fama" we noticed our mistake. Many trainees had been there for hours already and were preparing to move to club N11. We didn't hesitate to join...
Sunday morning:
At 5 am, on the night tram back home from the club I noticed that I had to change to daylight savings time. This meant one extra hour of sleep, which was welcome indeed.
Sunday evening:
I met Solnitchka (Jana), fellow Nomadlife blogger, AIESEC alumna and above all a very nice and spontaneous person. I had a very nice evening and thanks to Jana's good advice I now also have a new winter jacket. I like its happy color. I just hope nobody will kill me when I will be wearing it.
Monday:
I love the metro system here. It is really fast and modern. Kobylisy is the metro stop I use when I get to work. In the evening I also took a small walk at the Vysehrad station, where you have a great view of Prague. Then I continued to Cerny Most where I found the newest member of our household here: a Zyxel wireless router. Bye bye, internet cable!
Tuesday:
Today, I am leaving to Slovakia to facilitate at the international conference FEEL 2006. I am looking forward to facilitating at a longer conference again. The 11 hour train and bus ride which I'll have to make on my own to get there seems a bit less appealing for now...
