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Garden Party at the Embassy / Les réceptions de l’ambassadeur…
One of the perks of being an expat is that you eventually will get an invite to the Garden Party held by the Ambassador for the 14th of July. Somehow, since it took me some time to properly register on...
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Hradčany & Petřín
Last Summer, I gave you my heart, a good friend of mine came to visit Prague with a few friends, over a week-end. Which was a perfect opportunity for catching up. Souviens-toi… L’été dernier, une bonne...
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Climbing / Escalade
I have been trying to get back to climbing for a very long time. Unfortunately, moving to Paris, then Toronto, then back to Paris, with no climbing partner, it was pretty difficult to hit the walls. Ça...
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Bzzzzzzz
Sorry that I have absolutely no time to write anything proper. I guess I’ve been so active lately that I don’t have time to write about it, much. But all I can say is that I’ve been busy like this bee...
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Mystery cakes / Gâteaux mystères
Following up on my previous mystery post… Another clue as to what has been keeping me busy. Suite de mon précédent billet mystère… Autre indice sur ce qui m’occupe depuis ces derniers temps. These are...
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Off the market / Plus à vendre
Ok, time to let the cat out of the bag… Bon, comme promis, j’arrête de vous faire mariner… Some of you already knew, some maybe already figured out from the last post, looking up the origin of the...
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Wedding stuff / Trucs de mariage
Ok, now that’s it’s over (the big day, not the marriage!), I thought I’d write a bit about the whole thing… Bon, maintenant que c’est fini (le jour J, pas le mariage en lui-même!), je m’suis dit que...
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Zoo Děčín
Děčín is a small town close to the German border. Only an hour and a half or so from Prague. And it sports a little unassuming zoo. The animals are scarce (especially when you’re used to bigger zoos...
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Hřensko
(As usual, click the pictures to see a bigger version on flickr… / Comme d’hab, on clique sur les photos pour les voir en plus grand sur flickr…) Not far from Děčín and its tiny zoo, there’s a small...
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Outdoors Climbing / Escalade en extérieur
Czech Republic is a climber’s heaven. If you like sandstone, that is. Having never climbed in the nature before, I couldn’t know whether or not I liked sandstone. Well, thanks to a friend’s neighbours,...
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Rač
I said in my previous post that I didn’t take my camera with me when I was climbing. But someone did. So here’s a bit of the view I earned on my last climbing route. And you can also see the metal box...
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Šťastná Země
Last Saturday, on our way to a fun little day trip, we noticed lots of cars parked on the side of the road. Puzzled, we quickly found out why… Apparently, a small historical train was scheduled on the...
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Hlava a Žaba
Do you remember when I showed you the Pokličky (Pot Lids) around Kokořín? I did mention that there were more if you went further down the trail, right? Vous vous souvenez de quand je vous ai montré les...
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Weird faces / Drôles de tronches
I went to the Prague Zoo during the week-end, and didn’t take many pictures this time. But I don’t know why, when I did take pictures, the animals were all… well… OK, the Sitatunga were normal. Je suis...
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The early bird gets the thong / Le string appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt
I’ve been sent to Paris for a week’s worth of internal meetings. It’s an opportunity to meet up with the colleagues, for once, and also to see a few friends (unfortunately, only 4 evenings mean that I...
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Bits of Paris / P’tits bouts d’Paris
As I was mentioning before, I spent last week in Paris. Time flew, as usual. Within hours of announcing my visit, my “evening” schedule of meeting with friends was already full. And I was a bit worried...
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Batmobiles and Pony rides / Batmobiles et tours de poney
When I grew up, every year around October we would drive to Rouen for the week-end, see my grandparents, and go to the “Saint Romain”, the big fair. In Czech Republic, every village, or city, has their...
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Gangsters and Moonshine / Malfrats et gnôle du papi
This week-end, while doing to the groceries, shelves that were usually always almost full were completely empty. Ce week-end, en faisant les courses, des étals d’habitude toujours presque pleins...
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Steakhouse Orchestra vs Coolers, Starter LIVE XT3
I’ve got this friend who’s got a band… And I happened to learn through a former band member that said friend was going to play in a “battle of the bands” style competition, in a club in Prague. I never...
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Ještěd, and Aliens
You know you are in the Liberec area when you can see this: Vous savez que vous êtes proche de Liberec quand vous voyez ça: Ještěd is a moutain on the outskirts of Liberec. Actually the highest of the...
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