Edit: The Tuzex location was not quite right, it was a couple of blocks behind that building, in downtown. In hindsight we probably could have asked any grandpa on the street instead of googling it 😂
Thats awesome! I have heard there is a big Czech American community in Texas and that kolache are abundant 😀, judging by your last name you must know this well! Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching
Interesting video. I’m English and My wife is Czech. I first went to Czech in 1997. She is from Silesia too. Near Bruntal. Her grandma has some crazy stories. It has changed a lot in the 25 years .
Thanks for the great video, because our story is not identical, but similar... My mother is from Ostrava, but then moved to Austria, but I always spent my childhood holidays in Ostrava by my grandparents (after more than 50 years, absolutely nothing has changed in the house and that is great for me). Now I am 45 years old, live in Austria, but I love Ostrava more than any other place in the world and visit the city on average every month for 4 to 5 days (a little easier from Austria than from the USA 😉). But I have to admit, though, that I miss the "old" Ostrava with all the old, red trolley buses 😀and the communist flair...
Was there in '96(my dad lived in Valašské Meziříčí back then, I was born and raised in the Netherlands and I visited him regularly in the nineties) and it was grim, dirty and it felt poor, especially the housing blocks where the Roma lived(the conditions they lived in were shocking to my spoiled western european soul). Walked around in the city to find a flee market kind of thing we heard was cool, don't think we found it eventually, it still was an interesting day. Really nice to revisit Ostrava this way and see it in a better light.
Thanks for the comment. It still has its tough areas and neighborhoods, but things are looking up I think. The grit of the people is still core to Ostrava's DNA.
Hi! The cafe at the top of the Bolt Tower gives you a cool view of the city, in the summer months grabbing a drink by the river is great. I also like Kavarna Pant, which is a bookstore and cafe.
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Edit: The Tuzex location was not quite right, it was a couple of blocks behind that building, in downtown. In hindsight we probably could have asked any grandpa on the street instead of googling it 😂
yeah, on that corner was quite good bookstore where people were standing endless queues to bought some books
Trevor, you've done the city, our extended family, and personally my childhood extremely proud. Thank you for this gift.
Thanks Pat, means a lot ❤️
Enjoyed your videos , my parents took groups from Texas to Czech Republic from 1960s to 2006. I visited also many times my last trip was 2019.love it.
Thats awesome! I have heard there is a big Czech American community in Texas and that kolache are abundant 😀, judging by your last name you must know this well! Thanks for your comment and thanks for watching
Interesting video. I’m English and My wife is Czech. I first went to Czech in 1997. She is from Silesia too. Near Bruntal.
Her grandma has some crazy stories.
It has changed a lot in the 25 years .
It sure has. Thanks for watching!
Now this that capital C content. I love this - thank you for sharing this part of yourself with the internet. It’s really beautiful to watch
Thank you for watching and for your kind words!
So impressive ! Uncle was delighted with how you played it all and you brought it closer to us better than we would have done it ;)
Glad you enjoyed it!
Skvělé, zajímavé a zároveň i smutné, nostalgické, ale i veselé video. Je hezké, jak se se svou rodinnou historií vypořádáte :-).
Ano, takový je život, jsem rad že jste citeli ty same emoce co jsem citel ja. Dekuji za comment
Underrated city. It's cleaning up quickly, hopefully the council can make it attractive enough to stop people moving away.
It has at least one of best infrastructure of czech cities so if people invest there more it could become popular again.
Great video. Love it
Thank you!
Ou shiet... Avion... moje knajpa! xd Zábřeh forever!
Thanks for the great video, because our story is not identical, but similar...
My mother is from Ostrava, but then moved to Austria, but I always spent my childhood holidays in Ostrava by my grandparents (after more than 50 years, absolutely nothing has changed in the house and that is great for me).
Now I am 45 years old, live in Austria, but I love Ostrava more than any other place in the world and visit the city on average every month for 4 to 5 days (a little easier from Austria than from the USA 😉).
But I have to admit, though, that I miss the "old" Ostrava with all the old, red trolley buses 😀and the communist flair...
That is great to hear. There aren't many people who see Ostrava as their home away from home, so I'm happy to hear I'm not alone!
Was there in '96(my dad lived in Valašské Meziříčí back then, I was born and raised in the Netherlands and I visited him regularly in the nineties) and it was grim, dirty and it felt poor, especially the housing blocks where the Roma lived(the conditions they lived in were shocking to my spoiled western european soul). Walked around in the city to find a flee market kind of thing we heard was cool, don't think we found it eventually, it still was an interesting day. Really nice to revisit Ostrava this way and see it in a better light.
Thanks for the comment. It still has its tough areas and neighborhoods, but things are looking up I think. The grit of the people is still core to Ostrava's DNA.
❤ 🇨🇿 lovely trip
Hi, could you recommend some place to visit?
Hi! The cafe at the top of the Bolt Tower gives you a cool view of the city, in the summer months grabbing a drink by the river is great. I also like Kavarna Pant, which is a bookstore and cafe.
@@braunventures Thanks
My taxi driver in Prague asked me where I was going, I replied, 'Ostrava.' 'Ah,' he said, 'prdel svet,' - arxse end of the world.
😂 classic Prague-Ostrava banter
Super video.
Btw. Vítkovice zásobovali ocelí stavbu Titaniku.
Díky! Tak to jsem nevěděl 😮
@@braunventures Rádo se stalo .
Amazing city.
1:15 "Relief" from Nazi forces 😂😂🤣🤣Life wasn't any better under the Soviets.
Hopefully you saw the rest of the video 😅
Now the Nazi are Czech people themselves 😂
A boring story from dissidents child. Study the history a bit.