After two weeks of radio silence, it is now time for a new blog. Again, I don't really feel like talking about what I have been up to (ok, a quick summary then: I have survived a fire in my flat, ate oysters for the first time of my life, played soccer outside in -5 degrees Celsius in just a t-shirt and been to some pretty awesome parties), no, I will write about Czech people once more.
This time I will not only talk about my own experiences, but I will use the Xenophobe's guide to the Czechs, that I bought this weekend, because lately I am really trying to understand Czech people, as a foundation. To me, the things that were mentioned in that little book were very recognizable. So here's a list of observations from my guide to the Czechs. My comments will be in brackets. :)
1) Czech Republic has the highest beer consumption per person in the world (ok, no surprise there, with all the cheap and good beer that is available here)
2) When asked "If you had to choose another country to live in, what would it be?", most Czechs would answer Slovakia. (very adventurous people, those Czechs)
3) Czechs consider themselves to have a good cuisine (muahahaha!)
4) Pets, unlike the elderly, are regarded as a full member of the family (probably this is not true for farm animals, considering the fact that they usually end up in goulash and are being eaten with dumplings; I can't imagine any worse way to end up)
5) Czech men are not afraid to wear socks in sandals and some are even proud of wearing their sandals this way (yup, I've seen it happen, even young people do it here...)
6) A girl would respond better to a guy saying something nice about her dog than to a compliment about her looks (interesting, I'm gonna try that out)
7) Czechs have over 30 words for "making love (just a pity I can't pronounce any of them...)
So I hope these facts have given you more insight in what kind of people I am surrounded with. The book also said that Czech people are always prepared to argue about anything, so I'm looking forward to some nice discussions about this post. :)
Have a good week!
zondag 27 februari 2011
dinsdag 8 februari 2011
Czech bands in concert!
Lately I received the comment that my blog posts were way too much about funny stuff and too little about the things I do here in Prague. Well, that is mostly because I didn't do so much interesting things the past few weeks (although playing paintball for the first time in my life would be worth mentioning of course). But yesterday, I "did" something again.
On Sunday I decided to look at the concert agenda for Prague for the coming month, because I felt like I needed some new music in my life. On that website, I found out that the next day there was a concert at a place called Palác Akropolis by two bands that I did not know, but that did have a name that sounded interesting. So I checked them out on YouTube and decided they were quite good, so yesterday I went to Palác Akropolis to see them perform.
The support-act was called No Heroes. Those guys honoured to their name, as they entered the stage in simple white or black t-shirts and jeans. Their music was exactly the kind of music I like though. I could try to describe their style, but maybe it's easier to just show you guys a video:
So now for the main act, called Poslední výstřel. I was kind of looking forward to them, because they would sing in Czech and based on their YouTube-videos they were a bit.. unusual. Well, that impression was right. The lead singer, who looked a bit like Mick Jagger, was an over-aged, highly energetic, semi-drunk rocker/hippie/drug addict, and there was also this bald maniac who was quietly playing the accordion at first, but suddenly started to make crazy sounds in his microphone half-way the concert, and during the last song he even started to rap in a weird-sounding language that was probably Czech.
I must say, that last song was pretty good actually, but I will show you the best song of the evening: Rozhodně nečekejte sex. Actually, I caught myself singing along this one line at the end of the song. So thanks to these guys I now know one more line in Czech! was such an educational night yesterday. :)
I must say though that the live-version was a lot better than this video: it had a lot more guitar in it. The Czech crowd really went wild during this song! Which means: people started to move their legs a bit to the rhythm instead of just watching them with their hands in their pockets or their arms crossed. Yes, Czech people still have a lot to learn about enjoying themselves at concerts...
On Sunday I decided to look at the concert agenda for Prague for the coming month, because I felt like I needed some new music in my life. On that website, I found out that the next day there was a concert at a place called Palác Akropolis by two bands that I did not know, but that did have a name that sounded interesting. So I checked them out on YouTube and decided they were quite good, so yesterday I went to Palác Akropolis to see them perform.
The support-act was called No Heroes. Those guys honoured to their name, as they entered the stage in simple white or black t-shirts and jeans. Their music was exactly the kind of music I like though. I could try to describe their style, but maybe it's easier to just show you guys a video:
So now for the main act, called Poslední výstřel. I was kind of looking forward to them, because they would sing in Czech and based on their YouTube-videos they were a bit.. unusual. Well, that impression was right. The lead singer, who looked a bit like Mick Jagger, was an over-aged, highly energetic, semi-drunk rocker/hippie/drug addict, and there was also this bald maniac who was quietly playing the accordion at first, but suddenly started to make crazy sounds in his microphone half-way the concert, and during the last song he even started to rap in a weird-sounding language that was probably Czech.
I must say, that last song was pretty good actually, but I will show you the best song of the evening: Rozhodně nečekejte sex. Actually, I caught myself singing along this one line at the end of the song. So thanks to these guys I now know one more line in Czech! was such an educational night yesterday. :)
I must say though that the live-version was a lot better than this video: it had a lot more guitar in it. The Czech crowd really went wild during this song! Which means: people started to move their legs a bit to the rhythm instead of just watching them with their hands in their pockets or their arms crossed. Yes, Czech people still have a lot to learn about enjoying themselves at concerts...
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