(Comedy) Moving around Czech Republic

Comedy writing with some observations about life and moving around in Czech Republic. Written really late at night, with insomnia and fever induced by the COVID vaccine. Who says the side effects are all bad.

How to survive summer in Czechia

Some thoughts I wrote down while preparing a stand-up routine about summer in Czechia. Hope you have fun. And remember, they are just jokes!

5 very Czech ways to spend a weekend

Czech people may seem lazy on their workplaces, but they are not. They are just recovering from their weekends. They need about a week for that: five days, to be precise. In Czech Republic, plans about the weekends are usually made 6 to 8 months in advance. Ask any Czech: “Jaký máte plán na víkend?” […]

The Danger of a single story – Global Education is hard work

“The Danger of a Single Story“ is the title of a very popular TED talk by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie, from 2009. But not only. This post is about our latest Erasmus+ course, which took place in Horažd’ovice (yes, every time I google and copy/paste it) in Czech Republic in November 2017. My team colleagues were Bara Rodi […]

Game of Wellness: a training course on wellness in non formal education

Well: I was feeling really well at the idea of writing well this post about wellness. Such an abused word, isn’t it? Wellness. What does it even mean? We had a training course exploring the topic. It was an intense journey, a week of great inspiration, connection and personal development. So I am here to celebrate […]

4 (maybe 5) things that I learned last week

So this is what happened last week: I published a post slightly different from the usual style of “The Cat”. I had this idea of writing some funny stories about me moving to Prague. My wife has been telling me for ages: “You should definitely write something about your life in the Czech Republic!” and I had the […]

10 things I wish someone told me before I moved to Prague

My best selling piece so far! Read about the 10 big and small things that I had to learn the hard way, after moving to Prague. Ah, and don’t forget: it’s supposed to be funny.

Share the Right Story

If I had to choose an alternate title for this post, it would be: Back to The Future. I even have the soundtrack of the classic 80s movie going on in my mind right now! And then I understood why. Because in “Share the Right Story” – training course co-funded by the European programme Erasmus+ – […]

Nature of EVS

“EVS” – European Voluntary Service – is a programme that allows young people from all over Europe (and in smaller part, from all over the world) to go abroad for a period up to 12 months, and be involved in a project of social interest. If you are more interested on its details, how to apply, […]

Special Effects

This is not an easy story to tell. It will also be the longest post I have written so far, so brace yourselves, a lot is coming your way. You can also read it in more takes, so relax. “Special Effects” is the title of a training course concept that we have developed back in […]