Dream Prague

Dream Prague

★ Ahoj všem! ★ Thanks joining me on Dream Prague! I’m Jen, 💁🏼‍♀️an American living in Prague, Czech Republic for the past 9 crazy years. 🤪What is living in Prague like? What are Czech people like? Is water really cheaper than beer? I’ll tell you all that and more. . .from an American perspective. Each day, I solve a new mystery about Czech culture, conquer some new Czech bureaucratic nightmare (just to stumble upon a new one 🙇‍) and get better at this whole expat thing. 🤞🏼

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WEIRD CZECH WORK CULTURE

WEIRD CZECH WORK CULTURE

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  • @veronicabatteham9864
    @veronicabatteham986415 сағат бұрын

    In Australia we pump first ,then pay

  • @dobroslavopatrny8929
    @dobroslavopatrny892920 сағат бұрын

    Američané jsou národ hlupáků....Ty jsi trochu výjimkou. Přeji krásný den 🌞

  • @AndrewjWilson
    @AndrewjWilsonКүн бұрын

    Czechs better football players Slovaks better ice hockey players

  • @AndrewjWilson
    @AndrewjWilsonКүн бұрын

    Kratochvilova ,the steroid athlete was she or he czech or slovak?

  • @AndrewjWilson
    @AndrewjWilsonКүн бұрын

    Czechoslovakia 1976 Euro championship winners had mostly Slovaks in the team

  • @tasunko7672
    @tasunko7672Күн бұрын

    Enjoyed your video, but you really need to get your facts straight. Too many falsehoods to cover here in comments.

  • @zdenkamachnyikova9014
    @zdenkamachnyikova9014Күн бұрын

    Second picture is smaženka not chlebiček. It is an egg omelete on a bread wih pckle, onion, and red peper. To add to information on the symbol of keys and shaking them on Vaclavák meant return the keys, leave hand over the power.

  • @PaulStatz-xl3em
    @PaulStatz-xl3emКүн бұрын

    The Czech republic was afraid of the Germans The Slovaks were afraid of the Hungarians So they combined into one around the time of WW1 But forward to the formation of NATO a lot of these fears are gone I suppose they could have stayed as one but both have enough to be proud of on they're own

  • @freebeacher
    @freebeacherКүн бұрын

    Naturalist is wrong.Naturist is what nude bathers are called. A naturalist is someone like David Attenborough. Americans are immature.

  • @HelenaJosefikova
    @HelenaJosefikovaКүн бұрын

    Nejlepší,je,cestovní,pas

  • @aminyakunda
    @aminyakunda2 күн бұрын

    Must be hard to... umm... pleasure yourself with an American showerhead.

  • @user-jb3iu8tu1o
    @user-jb3iu8tu1o2 күн бұрын

    It is clear why the Nazis fled to the Americans and how the Americans used the Nazis for their own needs. Liberal democracy LOL. The Czechs should be grateful to the Russians for enabling them to drive out the Germans after a thousand years, so that 1968 is a small inconvenience for that service.

  • @monikaschermer6520
    @monikaschermer65202 күн бұрын

    The American in us dictates we have a dryer and I don’t understand why more people in Prague apartments don’t. They are not that expensive and get rid of the permanent drying rack. I’m surprised you don’t!

  • @pavelhusar2857
    @pavelhusar28572 күн бұрын

    Skus rychle vytáhnout nejaké smítko z chlupaté deky, milá Jen...už je to jasné, že ano? 😘

  • @tomaseire
    @tomaseire3 күн бұрын

    Common Market??? Did you mean the ‘European Union???’ Ummm, and you’re going on about Americans who enquire about your experience of visiting Czechoslovakia?

  • @ianmensik8245
    @ianmensik82453 күн бұрын

    Can't speak for Kansas (but I bet they have them too), but in Little Rock Arkansas the sirens go off every Wednesday at noon. Need something reliable for the tornadoes.....

  • @peterslapak
    @peterslapak3 күн бұрын

    Prekvapive! Nevedel sem, ze v USA lide pracuji jako v Japonsku!!

  • @Lego96677
    @Lego966774 күн бұрын

    Interesting to hear it from a POV of an American....As a German...it is basically just the same as here xD

  • @zdenkamachnyikova9014
    @zdenkamachnyikova90144 күн бұрын

    Interesting about "huh huh huh", as you describe the sound in English😊. From the context you seemed to imply that it is a sound used by Czechs when they are thinking --- they are expressing either hesitation 'hmm' or understanding something 'aha' (sounds like aham and with closed mouth shortend to uhmm'). Words hmm and aha have the same meaning in Czech as in English. Debunked 😉

  • @UsmevavyPanacek
    @UsmevavyPanacek4 күн бұрын

    "Mom, Mom, I don't want a little brother!" "Shut up and eat what's on your plate."

  • @fredyczech7939
    @fredyczech79395 күн бұрын

    ''huh huh HUH'' is something i do all the time and i don't know why

  • @georgemagdalek9816
    @georgemagdalek98165 күн бұрын

    SOME COOL ASSESMENTS ON CZECHS, BUT AS A MORAVIAN I LIKE TO THINK WE ARE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM THOSE SMART ASS BOHEMIANS......DO NOT PUT US IN A SAME BAG.

  • @evivav6356
    @evivav63565 күн бұрын

    Miluji mák, musí být pomletý a s cukrem,zdravý na nervy a uklidněnį,nebojte se ho jíst,je to dobrota.

  • @OndraMike
    @OndraMike5 күн бұрын

    já teda jako malý dítě (kolem 8 let věku) si na těstoviny místo máku začal dávat místo máku kakao/granko...to bývala moje moc dobrá specialita...

  • @veronikavaclaviakova6270
    @veronikavaclaviakova62705 күн бұрын

    I tried but never again.

  • @KJ-rh1cs
    @KJ-rh1cs5 күн бұрын

    The most difficult point is that it is very difficult to integrate well into a purely Czech company. I barely speak Czech (my level is around A2) and I was the only foreigner in the department. Although all colleagues were fluent in English, my impression was that they didn't want to speak English with me. There was a 30 year old kid who was fluent in English but no matter what language he spoke, he was a very bad person (e.g. always complaining about other colleagues and he thinks he is the best there etc.). In the end I was actually fired and I think the reason is just I was always alone. My boss said he hasn't seen anyone for last ten years who could not extend their employment contract. And I was the first person not to be renewed. I saw that they are looking a new person after me but I will see how long it will take... They searched me about one year when they hired me. Since I am fluent in German, I am currently preparing for a zivnostensky list to work remotely for German companies. The salary in Czech Republic is Eastern Europe but everything is expensive like Western Europe. My ex salary was about only 50000 czk brutto...

  • @filipberger2979
    @filipberger29794 күн бұрын

    only 50k? how only, most of czech population can barely get to 45k

  • @filipberger2979
    @filipberger29794 күн бұрын

    and even that aint usual, 35k is normal

  • @alberthartl8885
    @alberthartl88855 күн бұрын

    My grandparents emigrated from Bohemia (Austria) 130 years ago. We have reconnected with cousins and visit from time to time. They have nothing good to say about the communist occupation. They are big supporters of 'Europe' but very proud of being 'Czech'.

  • @AnanasIsDrawing
    @AnanasIsDrawing6 күн бұрын

    Gratuluji!!🎉❤

  • @smutnejklaun
    @smutnejklaun6 күн бұрын

    0:36 - musíš ho pomlet, aby to nebyly malý tvrdý semínka, a aby ti nezůstávaly mezi zubama, kr...ásko 5:39 - a jestli tohle je mletej mák (jakože na obalu to bylo psaný - holt Albert kvalita), tak já jsem čínskej bůh srandy.. jestli to prošlo mletím, tak nějak hodně nahrubo, takže pak to holt nechutná, no.. u nás se dřív mák mletej podle mě vůbec neprodával, každej měl doma strojek na mletí a pomlel si do buchet vždycky sám, protože celý semínka mají delší dobu trvanlivosti, než když už je to pomletý jinak místo cukru můžeš dát přece marmeládu (taky je sladká a dodá tomu nějakou ovocnou příchuť podle toho jakou zvolíš), ale zásadní je ten pomletej mák prvně spařit horkým mlíkem totiž :P ale u vás američanů bude nejlepší, když se budete držet toho, že mák je jen na výrobu opia (mimochodem to je jen ve fázi nezralých makovic, ze kterých jde získávat to bílý mlíko - jakmile to dozraje, tak ty makovice uschnou a v samotných semínkách už je těch alkaloidů, ze kterých se morfium skládá, minimum) a budete si ho pěstovat doma (a ne v Afghánistánu nebo jinde) a distribuovat taky jen doma u sebe.. to, že existuje i bílý mák, který má chuť jemnější, je už nad tvoje americký rozlišovací schopnosti tak pá a vrať se domů, přestává tady být bezpečno

  • @aminyakunda
    @aminyakunda6 күн бұрын

    The Cyech kezboard is completelz fine. I don´t know what zou´re on about.

  • @seven471
    @seven4717 күн бұрын

    The girl on the train was giving you major stink eye. LOL but I think I would like it over there cuz I'm a very quiet person and I don't like a lot of noise. Typically Americans are too loud for me and I'm American

  • @seven471
    @seven4717 күн бұрын

    I don't think all Americans are alike. I'm not like that. I have always had a good work-life balance and if someone starts trying to push my work balance over the edge I will make sure that they know where my boundary is. I make good money but I work smarter not harder. I just chose the job that supports my lifestyle. I really want to go to Prague one day. Sounds like an amazing city to be honest

  • @pavelhusar2857
    @pavelhusar28577 күн бұрын

    Netrpeli sme 40 rokov pod komunistickou stranou a jej vládou. Na pochopenie týchto vecí máte ešte veľa času. Máme jedno veľmi výstižné porekadlo: ,,bolo koze dobre, išla sa na ľad šmýkať."

  • @petiemelisse1504
    @petiemelisse15047 күн бұрын

    Well, there definitely is an American mentality. It has a lot to do with the fact that you guys dont normally care what people think of you.

  • @genorkanski2095
    @genorkanski20957 күн бұрын

    Best part's you're ironical and exaggerates your stories. That makes you even more czech. Ketchup story made me laugh a lot.

  • @alicekrausova2715
    @alicekrausova27157 күн бұрын

    If you find the Czech mentality odd, why don't you return HOME?!? We don't need foreigners who critisize our mentality or whatever!!!

  • @chyzka
    @chyzka7 күн бұрын

    I dont do any of these. Lol

  • @rodier_ratafakus
    @rodier_ratafakus8 күн бұрын

    Kde jsou nova videa? :((

  • @OtherSideOfTheFence
    @OtherSideOfTheFence8 күн бұрын

    Yuck. Feminism, that's fcked up!!!!!!!!

  • @MrLikLame
    @MrLikLame8 күн бұрын

    I did one of last hop brigades back when I was at school before it was cancelled by czech school ministry. It was a blast. Underage drinking was ok back then and we all did it with our teachers. Anyway, yes, we were paid for our work. However, me being naturally lazy, I think I was the only one who came home from this week-long trip with debts :D

  • @TheOfficialBagetnik
    @TheOfficialBagetnik8 күн бұрын

    I feel like the word štamgast is even "higher" than "a regular". Štamgast basically means you are the breadwinner for the hospoda. In a lot of pubs you will find tables reserved for štamgast only.

  • @petrschober4876
    @petrschober48768 күн бұрын

    Arašídové máslo!!! To je v Evropě a v ČR zakázané vyslovit!! (Zakázali nám přece Pomazánkové máslo) 😀 Vtip je v tom že máslo je tuk živočišného původu. To co je rostlinného původu tedy i z arašidů je v Evropě margarín. Tedy arašidový margarín, pokud by to mělo být arašidové máslo, muselo by tam být víc másla než arašidů a to podstatně víc o čemž silně pochybuji...Štrůdl s makovými povidly je ta nejlepší česká chuťovka oproti třeba přihlouplýmu trdelníku....

  • @mp9579
    @mp95798 күн бұрын

    Někteří dnešní mladí si myslí, že je to komunistcká propaganda... Nedokážou odlišit některé vnější atributy (ale to byly atributy té doby) od myšlenkového pzadí (poslání, chcete-li) filmu. Nehledě na to, že je to skvélá zábava. Pucholt je superhvězda, ale i představitel Honzy je perfektní v tom, co má představovat. Kromě "Kdyby 1000 klarinetů" bych ješt doporučil "Intimní osvětlení".

  • @albatros1752
    @albatros17528 күн бұрын

    kdo maze ten jede

  • @Targanar
    @Targanar8 күн бұрын

    I think it´s not so big issue. Well, of course the meaning changes if you pronounce it long and short in these examples but that´s why there is the mark above the letter. And you just have to know the difference. But I don´t think we have so many similar words distinguished just by this pronounciation in Czech. More I learn English I find out that Czech is not so difficult. We have less words, not so many synonyms or not so many of them used commonly, and just three tenses. Yes, we have seven cases and a difficult system of declinations and conjugations but if you master the basic rules and patterns for the words then it´s quite ok. A lot of Czech people have problems with mě and mně. If you say it, there is no difference in pronounciation and if you write it wrong nothing so serious happens and you can always correct it via some application. The rule to distinguish mě and mně is simple. 2. and 4. case - mě, 3. and 6. case - mně. You just have to learn the cases and then it´s easy. Well we also have many exceptions and those prefixes and suffixes but it´s not a matter of life and death. it just needs some practice. The last thing. I really don´t think the pronounciation is so big issue in communication with the Czech people. If you say "Kopilá sém novy být" instead of "Koupila jsem nový byt" which is correct, you just make the native speaker laugh but he understands.

  • @AkantorCZ
    @AkantorCZ8 күн бұрын

    The whole underdog thing is in my opinion misunderstood. Czech people are simply not as polite as other countries because they prefer honesty. So pleasing people don't necessary make them to like you

  • @kalamitychristin
    @kalamitychristin8 күн бұрын

    Myslím, že posedlost všechno evidovat pochází od Římanů - Ježíš se přece narodil v Betlémě, protože vyšlo nařízení od císaře Augusta, aby byl sepsán všechen lid. A pak Marie Terezie samozřejmě - zavedla daň z komína, každý, kdo vlastnil dům s komínem musel platit, takže bylo třeba soupisu všech komínů.....

  • @majkaz000
    @majkaz0009 күн бұрын

    Am I missing the next video(s)?

  • @Dude_Slick
    @Dude_Slick9 күн бұрын

    American viewer here. I can name any country you point to, and point to any country you name. So how about getting off your fucking high horse?

  • @Atria636
    @Atria6369 күн бұрын

    I work for Czech Post and we handle bank slips all the time. There's different slips for sending cash to someone, sending cash to a bank account, sending cash to another post office, setting up or changing standing payments for people without internet banking, sending money between bank accounts... It's also how many people without a bank account receive their pay, pension or allowance from the state. And it's not just old people using these, especially the ones to send cash to a bank account, for example to pay rent and energies. MANY Czechs don't trust banks and the internet, and they're happy to pay high fees to do things in a physical and analog way.