Not much to report from here. I went to get residency in Zlin at the immigration office. The office was curiously located in a block of flats. The lady doesn't think I'll get residency as we didn't have very much evidence that we're in a relationship. Unlike other countries (looking at you United Kingdom) they don't reject the visa outright. Instead they'll ask for additional evidence. The photos I provided weren't up to scratch either (they were taken by a 10 year old boy in the back of restaurant in Cambodia, so no surprises there) so they said to get some proper ones and mail them in. They also sent the immigration police around on Saturday morning to check I'm really living here. I thought that was pretty good.
There has been a kind of free music festival thing in the main square each day this week. Romana and I have been going to that. I don't particularly enjoy concerts but it has been good, despite not understanding what the bands have been singing about. They have a beer hall set up and a beach soccer/volleyball court (so, they put sand in the square). One night during the break it was a bit boring so Romana and I went off to the side to play (Australian) handball. One of the drunk locals came over to watch and ended up buying me a hotdog because I'm Australian.
That first photo is from last year and I should probably credit the Facebook page I took it from but it is too long and the letters have lines above them.
Today is a bank holiday for some pilgrimage in Velehrad, which is about 8km from here. Judging from what I've heard Czech people have fairly sticky fingers so they probably need to atone. I'll point out that I have seen no evidence whatsoever that Czech people are thieves, but I've been told by virtually all the English speaking Czech people I've met that this is the case. Romana is reading this and has now backtracked to say only some of them are thieves. Again, I don't think any are. This would have to be one of the safest, crime free towns I've been in.
OK, so now Romana has told me that the thieving myth comes from the communist times, when you were expected to steal from your workplace to support your family.
Generally the people here are nice but I feel lost in translation. Romana says that they are afraid to speak English and when I try to speak Czech the pronunciation has to be exact or they don't understand. It sometimes seems like they are quite rude. I've said dobry den (a semi formal way to say hello, literally translates as good day) to some people in the apartment block and they've turned their noses up at me but others have been nice and tried to have a conversation.
I'm going to say that I like how they have bicycle paths everywhere and the phone boxes are full of books that you can take as you please. They also have the best beer and sausages and the landscape is spectacular. I'm mostly saying that so I don't seem negative when I complain that they don't know how to make a decent milkshake. I got a chocolate one and it had banana in it! Again, the beer is excellent.
There has been a kind of free music festival thing in the main square each day this week. Romana and I have been going to that. I don't particularly enjoy concerts but it has been good, despite not understanding what the bands have been singing about. They have a beer hall set up and a beach soccer/volleyball court (so, they put sand in the square). One night during the break it was a bit boring so Romana and I went off to the side to play (Australian) handball. One of the drunk locals came over to watch and ended up buying me a hotdog because I'm Australian.
That first photo is from last year and I should probably credit the Facebook page I took it from but it is too long and the letters have lines above them.
Today is a bank holiday for some pilgrimage in Velehrad, which is about 8km from here. Judging from what I've heard Czech people have fairly sticky fingers so they probably need to atone. I'll point out that I have seen no evidence whatsoever that Czech people are thieves, but I've been told by virtually all the English speaking Czech people I've met that this is the case. Romana is reading this and has now backtracked to say only some of them are thieves. Again, I don't think any are. This would have to be one of the safest, crime free towns I've been in.
OK, so now Romana has told me that the thieving myth comes from the communist times, when you were expected to steal from your workplace to support your family.
Generally the people here are nice but I feel lost in translation. Romana says that they are afraid to speak English and when I try to speak Czech the pronunciation has to be exact or they don't understand. It sometimes seems like they are quite rude. I've said dobry den (a semi formal way to say hello, literally translates as good day) to some people in the apartment block and they've turned their noses up at me but others have been nice and tried to have a conversation.
I'm going to say that I like how they have bicycle paths everywhere and the phone boxes are full of books that you can take as you please. They also have the best beer and sausages and the landscape is spectacular. I'm mostly saying that so I don't seem negative when I complain that they don't know how to make a decent milkshake. I got a chocolate one and it had banana in it! Again, the beer is excellent.
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