After living in Australia for 52 years by the ocean I don't miss it at all, I love the mountains and the forests that we have here and in other parts of Europe
Mmmm but we don’t have maintains in Prague neither. In Caracas where I’m from we sea is in the other side of the Avila mountain. But we have the Avila mountain!
You are right no mountains in Praha but hop in a car and in an hour and a half you are in another world. Venezuela sounds like a nice country, maybe one day I will make it there. I am glad that you like Czech Republic. (When you try Czech you never go back) I was born in Praha, we left in 1968 when Bolsevic came and now I am happy living back here just outside Praha in a lovely small village. Hope to hear from you and I love to hear your opinions, keep up the great work
Arepas, I'm so happy to see your video about Praha!! I miss it so much! I am still working hard with my Czech teachers online and one of my teachers said that in just about a month, I'm already at an A2 level, so I'm happy! I hope the borders will reopen in the early fall, so that I can come over and attend school for my TEFL certification and move there. I'm so ready to get out of the US right now, because everything is so depressing here right now, with all of the virus mess and protests all over the country happening...I'm just ready to see the beautiful people of the Czech Republic that I fell in love with on my last trip there! Na shledanou!!
S tou lednicí to nechápu. Jste 2. Normálně ta "velká" lednice stačí i čtyřčlenné rodině. Asi to bude tím, že Češi chodí nakupovat skoro denně a ne jednou týdně. To už mi přijde trochu za hranou mít něco otevřeného v lednici týden, pokud to není třeba kečup.
Třeba táta to tak dělá že si navaří kotel něčeho a pak to žere tejden, většinou se to vyhodí dřív než se to s ní, proto je tahle strategie na hovno. Já se snažim kupovat hlavně věci co vydržej a věci co nevydržej sníst aspoň co nejdřív a nekupovat toho zbytečně moc.
Despite having no sea, there is the National Czech Navy with few cruisers and even submarines. Don't ask me why... there are rumours that all the submarines have actually wheels because here in Czechia, there is literally no water deeper than 2 meters for them to be used in.
@@ArepasforDinner We dont have sea, or big lakes, but we have a lot of rivers, and one speciality - all rivers go from czech republic, noone go inside. This is reason, why our country is named "roof of europe".
Though I agree with most of your comments, I have to oppose you in 2 things: First, the tiny fridges - we, the Czechs, rather go shopping more frequently to buy fresh products, that's why we have tiny fridges.. And second, the personal safety index - no idea, where you have got your data from, but Czech Republic is actually the 6th safest country in Europe and 10th on the whole world, so actually much better then in the chart you have shown.. Just check this: news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/the-czech-republic-is-the-worlds-tenth-safest-country-sixth-in-europe/ and this, it's the whole world by the Global peace index visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/#:~:text=The%20average%20level%20of%20global,improving%20and%2076%20recording%20deteriorations.
Wtf dude? You know what word "oppose" mean? She is just not used to have tiny fridge, by explaining the reason why youre not opposing at all. Aswell as I can doubt your safety ranking and link different charts. Theres many of them and there cant be objective one. Important message is that women can safely walk alone at night. So dont be such a butthurt for no reason.
Ukázala graf "personal safety", to na co tady odkazuješ ty jsou grafy o něčem úplně jiném s jinými indikátory a proto se liší. Bezpečí lze pojmout různě, proto i různé pořadí.
Visiting your friends houses is super common in all the slavic countries. Me and my friends are visiting each other all the time, even our parents do. And yes we also go out very often, as well. Most of the people does it this way. So I would say you've just became a part of a specific social group with different habits or I dunno why:D
Hey! About the washing machines - it's actually pretty common to have a top loader here (search for "pračka s vrchním plněním"), you can choose between top and front loader usually. Front loader is better in my opinion, because you can easily move your washed clothes into your laundry basket... or that basket you use for your washed clothes and then go and put them on dryer to let them air dry. As most of the Czechs do.
No... "top loaders" here are not american top loaders is a completely different machine... Czech top loaders are even worst than the front loaders they take like 7 kilos... Looks this is what I mean by an american top loader ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html
Hola de Portland, Oregon! I am relocating to Praha with my Czech husband next month. It's been two years since I've been over there so I'm refreshing myself again with your videos. Gracias! Otro cosa, me encanta cocinar y hornear y he sido estudiando el español 👌👌
Hola Heids!! Well I hope you are gonna love the city! Is indeed great to live for a while!! 💜💜💜 las cocinas son pequeñas. Keep that in mind. I love cooking too (I have tons of what’s for dinner videos on the channel if you check haha) so the small kitchens and fridges is super hard for me. Czech people don’t cook on a daily basis
@@ArepasforDinner Thanks for the reply! Yes, those small kitchens 🙈 I've spent maybe six weeks in total at my in-laws' cute panelák apartment in Prague 6 and although I love their cute kitchen style, it is superr pequeña! Muy hubby, Vojta, and I will live there, just us two, for the next 3 to 5 months. We would totally meet you and Jan (?) for beers, if you ever wanted!
First of all, the centre part of most European towns are relatively small, so are the houses. That is why appliances are small. Second, you can buy your (fresh) food daily, so there is no need to keep much food in the fridge. But there are big appartments and houses with gardens in Prague. Washing machines are front loaders so you can put the dryer, or anything else, on top of the washing machine. A family of two, do you wash more than 5 kg laundry? Why don't you like to use buses? The ride is less comfortable, but it is not bad either. And buses have a more dense network, so you can come closer to your destination.
Well you are right about almost everything. But nevertheless despite the house being outside of Prague the kitchen is still tiny in comparison. I have never found a house here with a big kitchen and fridge and so. The laundry machine you are so right. The thing is that in America you can have them in combo with a top loader just like this images.app.goo.gl/K4GPgBhNe4Y3CxMq6
Same dream here, really, for quite a few people. It just takes money. 🤷🏼♂️ It’s not as if the fringes of Prague (and some inner areas too) and of other cities would not be nice family homes. It’s not as if there were no commuter suburbs around Prague and a few other cities. (What we don’t build here would be the tiny cardboard homes that fall apart with the next windstorm ; or the super-narrow row houses, with some rare but cute exceptions.)
I find it interesting that you think Czech republic is safe. We czechs don’t think we are like one of the safest countries, but it’s true that I left keys in the door once for the whole day when I wasn’t at home and nobody stole anything. Or if you have a bike you can go to the shop and leave it outside without a lock, nobody is gonna steal it. At night you are probably just gonna see homeless people, but they most likely won’t do anything to you if they aren’t drunk
Reason why so many czech ppl are refusing to take their friends into their houses is (specially in prague) they are ashamed. Czech ppl have huge tendecy to look into others lifes and comparing them to themselfs. How wealtyh they are. What they have that you dont. Its a huge part of their mentality to have feeling they have better lives based on materialistic things. I can see that even on myself sometimes. When you switch your whole political ideology you need many years to adapt. 30 years is not enought. 70% of ppl here are still raised by families that grown up in communism and it have a huge impact on how we look at each other and what priorities we have. I dont like to spit on my own nation, cuz whenever its needed we are like one nation and ready to help each other!, but those are some facts i find out in last 22 years of my life here. As a people we can be amazing but as a individuals we are still super selfish and many of us can be ashamed even for we dont have new tv or modern furniture. TLDR: we are amazing nation but as individuals we can be very selfish and we dont like others to success. btw. your fridge issues could be based on your shopping behaves. We are used to go shopping every one or two days so we dont buy our supplies for like week.
Yes, Czech republic doesn’t have sea, but we have big and quiet deep ponds and dams - Rybník Svět, Rožmberk, Máchovo jezero (yes, it is also pond), Orlík, Slapy....
Nr 9: No ocean. Man its rough i feel it. Grew up right by the beach. Probably the thing i miss most and that bothers me the most on a deeper level. And no, the ponds are not a substitute.
I agree buses are not the best and not the most comfortable but they get you pretty much everywhere. Even if you live in the total uptown of city you´ll get there. And in Prague there are many lanes for buses so u will not stay in a traffic jam. And its same with trams.
I always prefer train for longer distances and tram in city, metro is good when you have no time, but riding in tunnels is super boring for me. Buses were ok in the past, but I really don't like new buses where doors are pushing you inside when it's oppening and seats are terribly placed so you can't just sit there and sit whole route, you have to constantly moving because of people wants in or out etc...it's terrible and bus drivers are driving terribly very often, it's like gas, brake, gass, brake...I hate it. But bus is also very often fastest way to get somewhere so sometimes you have to use it. But for more than 30 km I will choose train always if it's possible.
As for the coming over, in many cases, it is for comfort. ln panel houses there are thin walls therefore you have to watch the loudness otherwise neighbors complaints and it is annoying. In pub there is no such need plus you have a tap beer and thats always better than bottle. But do not despair. It is quite common to invite friends over weekend to cottage (well uf you have one), buy a keg of beer, everyone bring in some food and make a fire. That is what we do instead.
The small fridge is because you have shops on every corner and do daily fresh shopping anytime on anyplace, so you dont need to go once in a week by car to the mall and bring back home 20 bags.
I like my 20 bags. It’s cheaper. We eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day at home! So that’s why maybe. Also as I mentioned before we keep many fruits and veggies in the fridge cause we like them cold. Like apples oranges tomatoes plums!.. they last longer and I love them cold
Very nice again. Thank you for the content. Regarding see and lakes, in fact we have a lot (a really lot) of small lakes (rybníky), mostly in south bohemia but everywhere, in woods, etc ... we also have a lot of river dams (přehrady) ... of course no sea :)
Yes rivers do help. But the ponds don’t do it for me. Last summer grew frustrated because I couldn’t find a big lake anywhere around Prague. We ended up going to a dam that was ok. Not Lake Michigan but ok 😅
@@ArepasforDinner How about Amerika? www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/cesky-grand-canyon-velka-amerika and in fact what does it mean around the Prague? :) Slapy? Stechovice? Zelivka - the source of drinking water in half of Prague?
#2 Toploading washing machines exist! But they are usually meant for tiny apartments where it'd be difficult to load the machine from the side (for example in our bathroom that would not be possible at all) #6 That's funny, I don't live in Prague and when I'm in Prague it's the complete opposite - I try to avoid the metro as much as possible, it's just too scary lol. #9 We (the Czechs) definitely do not feel like we lack ocean. We're quite happy with the water we got :)
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
Been viewing these videos of late, especially as I'm in the Czech Republic for 3 months now and awaiting direct flights to resume between CZ & UK. I can relate a lot to some of your content. Keep the good work up! :)
You're grat youtuber and I love how you try to inform people about Czech Republic because I am from Czech. (And for info: You can buy big fridge and in electronics store you can find toploaders [You must ask about it because we don't usually use toploaders])
Toploaders not really... We were moving (not anymore) but in the new house there was no washing machine and we wanted an american full size top loader (The ones that actually fill up the tank with water) and no... Only in UK they have some but we had no clue how to import them... And the fridge is the same... My kitchen is so small that I wouldn't even call it kitchen but kitchenette if I would dare to put an american fridge it would take around 30% of the space XD
@@ArepasforDinner What do you mean, no toploaders? I found this on google in about 1 minute. m.alza.cz/vrchem-plnene-pracky/18852777.htm Granted, you can always import stuff from all over the Europe or even USA, we got Amazon here you know... :)
Hola Andrea, si te quieres sentir un poco como en la playa, visita Lipno o Trebon... obviamente no es mar, pero podría acercarte a la sensación... talvez
There is no diff in taking tram/trolleybus or bus when moving along the Prague. They all belong to Prague public transport company. It is safe in all of them. Just give it a try ;)
Vivo en Prága 4 y soy Checo. Para viajar al centro (24 minutos) necesito usar bus y después metro. Tranvías están solamente en el centro. Por qué pagar Uber , sí que todos podemos usar autobús cada 3-6 min :) :)
Czechs are not inviting people to their homes too often because many Czechs have terrible mess in homes and it looks more like warehouse and not home and they are afraid show it to someone. :-)
@@ArepasforDinner I saw many Czech homes, I would say about 30% of people are living in warehouse with boxes everywhere and cloths on all chairs. We have just too much things and people in Czechia can't remove old not used things, that illnes has name - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_syndrome I was growing up in such home so I know how it works, pepople are saying constantly "kids did mess here" or "I don't have time today" and milion other excuses why you can't visit our home and it's all lies. :-D Today in adult age I don't want to be like my mom and I am trying to throw away as much as possible. Always when I think I have mess in my home and visit my mom I will realize my home is absolutely ok. :-D
The sea is missed, but have you ever see Lipno dam? Or have you ever been in Třeboň region, where is the most ponds in czech republik? It is not so dark and dry here in the landlock desert... :D
Mmm I have never being there... Perhaps cause it is 200 km from home and we would need to sleep there!.. But looks like something I might want to do!.. Thank you for sharing!.. Besides that one I haven't seen much "masses of water" (As I annoyingly kept referring to them in the video haha) around Prague at least... But hey!.. That's what we have a car for!
@@ArepasforDinner Either car or train, even some buses do go there and back. If you start in the morning (8:00) and return back in late afternoon (18:00), you can ejoy a lot and be home to catch the news in telly. Not to mention 200km is like 2,5 hour ride by superslowass/safe speed. Other watter activities that came on my mind, directly in Prague - boating on Vltava river, or swimming in aquapalace (or a simple pool). Plenty of both in here. BTW, being carefull is not a bad thing, even in (relatively) safe environment.
Hi There, i just watched your video 'why is Czech so hard' i'm Czech and it was really good, but we dont use cyricice for more than 600 yrs, we then good rid of the double marks like thanks to Jan Amos Komenský and thus old Czech was made, but it is very hard to read. So around 250 a Czech enlightnemnt group reworked the words and that is how we got mote hard but logical language. Also, i just found out about your channel and i just love it. Subscribed 💜
We don´t have a sea (we used to) but you can go to see some dam (Lipno, Orlík) or a pond (Rožmberk). I live in Třeboň and here are ponds everywhere so I am used to live in a country full of water. No ocean but you can swim across and back. :)
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
Ale ČR má moře. Máme kousek v Tichém oceánu .-) A ještě několik hektarů v Hamburku .-) K Baltu je to 6 hodin a do Chorvatska 10. Což mi nepřijde jako mnoho,) S trochou štěstí až stoupne hladina vody, tak budeme mít své moře, co navazuje na naše území xD
! tengo 12 años viviendo aqui y todavia no me acostumbro al bus, y en mi cocina super pequeña quite las puertas para poder meter una refri de dos puertas (el hielo y agua fria es necesario), algo que es muy interesante es que trabajo a la par de tu apartamento (Metronome! ). Voy a informar a mi esposa de tu canal, ya que creo que le gustara mucho!.
Hola! Que genial que te guste mi contenido!!! Haha mi cocina es muy pequeña. No hay ni que quitar para meter una nevera de verdad. Tenemos un deep freezer y eso nos ha resuelto so far
Hello Arepas, Regarding your point 5. I very strongly believe that you could study to be a doctor and it would be easier than studying to achieve C2 level in Czech (as an adult). Czech is an enigma, a very well constructed encryption code. It has layers upon layers of complexity. One doesn't learn Czech, one deciphers it. From what I've seen most foreigners learn till about A1 and then just give up. I started learning Czech very late in life and didn't give it a dedicated effort, and as a result I didn't progress really far, however I have progressed further than any foreigner with an English background I've ever met in person. What you say about Czechs speaking fast. It's true, and also in a monotone. They're not very emotional people to begin with. But to me it sounds like they are very short on time, all the time, like they are rushing to get their words out. They're kind of anxious, and especially in movie dialogs. It's how they make movies here. I think they speak roughly 4 times faster than what I can understand. So what that means is, I'll put a movie on in Czech with Czech subtitles, and every time someone says something, I need to pause and read the text, then it can mostly make sense. But if I just listened to it without being able to read it, it just sounds like someone hit the fast-forward button. Just one long mess of a sentence with no stops. Bottom line is, watching movies is only good practice for your Czech, if you already know Czech. Otherwise the whole dialog is one long monotone. Even when the subtitles are paused. It doesn't mean I can always just quickly read it. It means I have to stop and calculate. Step 1. Identity words I know, Step 2: Find the words I don't know. Step 3 : Check cases, genders -> determine object / subject or other modifiers to the sentence, if a modifier is found, then apply logic to determine what tense the statement is in. There are some modifiers like "By" which means the statement is written as past tense but actually is meant for future tense, so relying on l at endings isn't reliable, because this modifier again flicks the logic. Now if I don't know a word, and that happens almost every time someone says something, then I have to try and prioritize it. So it gets weighted, if it's the first time I heard such a word, it's forgotten. If it starts coming up a lot, then it starts getting weight. And only then if it's something I'll actually use. And then some words just come easily because they're so quirky, even if I'll virtually never hear that one useless word again. All in all it's a serious thing. I would say even climbing mount Everest would be easier than learning Czech. By the way, for all those people who do 1 lesson a week - It will take you 22 years to learn Czech. If you want to see any real progress, you need to become completely obsessed with the language and every single day you need to spend at least 1 hour on it. To put things in perspective, the University of Ostrava offers a Czech language program lasting 3 years, this assumes you already have A1, and when you leave you will be at B2 level. 3 years -> 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. So just think of that.
No no no google American top loader. What you guys have is a front loader that you can fill up from the top. Still the body rotates vertically not horizontally. It never fills up with water and they are even smaller than your front loaders
Czech top loader is not the same as a basic top loader. Is more like this ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html that’s a top loader. They take in average 15 to 20 kilos loads and wash more or less in 20 minutes. They fill up the tank with water and have a hook up for hot water so they don’t need to heat it up. They are very efficient in not wasting electricity but they do use doble the amount of water. But only a 1/4 of the electricity
It took me just couple of seconds to find a 15kg top loader laundry machine online and I was looking only at those for below 20k czk. Most of them are smaller because we don't have communal laundry rooms culture in apartment buildings, so we do laundry in our apartments (or houses) more often in smaller amounts. American-style fridges are popular and available in every store. The issue of small appliances in mostly just in cities. In regards to safety - you were showing the ranking of various countries... In fact CZ has for example half the homicide rate of Denmark, lower than almost any place in the EU. Also, when you are just listening and hear "ate dogs everywhere", I had to look at the text to understand it was "Eight: Dogs everywhere".
We don't have communal laundry rooms either haha What's that? Like in LA or New York? That's crazy and btw those take 30kg hahaha not 20... Small appliances is a real thing... This oven is so small you can't fit a turkey in... And we just found out that's the only size there is... There's dogs everywhere... I guess having a different accent in english is a thing... Would looove to hear yours
@@ArepasforDinner Yup, but in USA, they are common in many apartment buildings. ANyway, in CZ, you might want to chack out "velkokapacitni", "prumyslove" or profesionalni pracky". Also, ovens 90x50x60 and larger are commonly available.
the thing with visiting firends.. I dont know, I dont like going out in public spaces, Iam not that type. Id rather go out in the nature, so I go on trips with friends or we often have sleepovers.. But that might be the thing that most of my friends live in houses, not apartments. because my guess is that apartments are kinda boring. but who knows. maybe just ask your friends :D
We don't like top loaders. They're not even that good tbh. In Australia they use both and top loaders slowly ruined all my clothes, they have higher water consumption so there's no point of having one. Don't really understand what's the problem with buses. I don't like public transport in general but don't see any difference between trams, buses or metro. No ocean/sea is really sad. We're just waiting for the sea level to rise :D Our houses/units are usually not that nice and we couldn't care less to keep them super tidy that's the only reason imho.
@@ArepasforDinner mmm maybe the more expensive ones. When I was looking for a washing machine my limit was 700$ and all top loaders in that price range used more water and energy. I was looking for a front loader and my flat mate wanted top loader, but there was not a single benefit of having top loader. Anyway that's not important. You are right, top loaders are not common in czech at all.
I feel you, we have the same type of fridge and even we are only two of us, it's still small. I love to cook and there should always be some basic ingredients to cook something. But 20 kilos washing machine sounds whopping to me :D.
It is funny to see all those cultural differences. For us in Europe, everything in America is unnecessarily big. Big appliances, big houses, big cars... But I understand, that people just get used to once and then it is hard... ;-) one thing I do not understand is that bus thing like I feel on the bus same as in trams. In many other Czech cities, there is no choice because there are no trams or metro, only buses or trolleybuses, which is almost same.
I feel it the other way around. I feel here is unnecessarily small but people just get used to that and then if you give them a house with 3 bathrooms they don’t know what to do haha
I think lots of people in Prague don’t love to take it neither idk why. It’s a bit unpredictable and if you take the wrong one you can end up 30 km from Prague (happened to me)
Well I hate taking a bus too. Im from a small town so I go by a walk everywhere. In Prague I just take a metro. No tram, no bus. I dont know why. I just hate them. :D
I am from Prague, i’ve lived here all my life, and still i am not used to take a bus. I’d rather go by other public transportation like metro or tram and go for 30 mins extra then take a bus.
I try to avoid using buses too, for some reason. not sure I can explain why, I just don't like it. I try to make my root with trams (instead even the metro))) because I enjoy looking out of windows here, the city is gorgeous
Top loaders was here .. like 10 years ago :D and still are but its rare.. Big fridge - yes, I dont know why czech dont have big fridge - probably because they buy foods more often - based on discounts + they want save money on energy fees :D
máme Chorvatsko ne? :D A komu nevadi studena voda tak Polsko :)) Ale do Chrovatska uz to mozna nebude tak jednoduche kdyz chteji lide v Evropske Unii zavest jen elektroauta.. Ty tam asi nedojedou..
Hahahaha nooo maybe one day but I have a lot of followers around the world... That's the main reason why I dont do the videos in Spanish... So everyone can understand :D
I've never been near to the ocean or sea. I've never saw an ocean or another county (except Germany and Slovakia) and I'm ok with that. We have beautiful lakes on the south of Czechia❤ for example (Svět, the biggest one called Rožmberk etc..) Btw: i love your videos🥰😊
I have travelled since university times quite often,when smaller also with parents,and yet I saw ocean first time when I was 31 two years ago,and that was just because of extra planned trip to Canary Islands. So it sounds a bit funny to me the expression of missing ocean,I think majority of people I know or my relatives have never seen ocean - yet can still travel a lot. I can never get enough of nature in Austria etc..
Perhaps you are lucky... In Prague new apartments and even not that new you can only find the small type of fridges from Alza... Only 1 friend has a full size american fridge with a water and ice dispenser...
@@ArepasforDinner overprice of houses and flats is insane in Czechia :/ I am in London now, sharehouse but a lot of space, garden, I love it, can't imagine going back next year.
I guess that’s why I don’t like it. It doesn’t have anything wrong with it. I just don’t like it. In summer they are way too hot like the tram and idk I’ve gotten lost too many times while taking it
What dont you get it on group taking off their shoes?same principle, we are not pigs who want to step the dirt and mud into someone else's house. Czechia aint americe where people are taking their shoes to bed...
Pardon, že tohle bude česky, moje aj není tak dobrá, abych to sepsala v angličtině. Do centru není cestování hromadnou dopravou bez použití busu velký problém, ale více v okrajových částech Prahy už to trochu není možné. Všechno malé v domácnosti není problém, nedokážu si moc představit, jak velký bych potřebovala koš na prádlo, abych naplnila 20kg pračku bílého prádla, možná tak, kdybych prala všechno dohromady... A k tomu oceánu: mě moc nechybí,. Naposledy, když jsem byla u moře, tak se mi povedlo rozříznout si nohu o rozbitou láhev. My jsme rybníkářská země, pamatuju si na "dovolenou" u Macháče, když jsme byly se sestrou děti, jak jsme se vyblbly. Teď když mam chuť si pořádně zaplavat, tak mám naštěstí v blízkosti rodného města přehradu pro rekreační účely, to mi jako moře na léto stačí. :D
Arepas for Dinner en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mácha 🙂 im sure you like it. Its not that far from Prague. If weather will be nice you can close eyes and listen waves on sandy beach 😉
Still quite tiny, just a big pond, though it has beaches, so it’s better than nothing. Lipno is OK in size, but far from Prague, and it can be cold, I think.
@@ArepasforDinner We have more fishponds and dams than lakes in our country. Anyway, there is a list of the largest Czech water dams: skompasem.cz/nejvetsi-prehrady-ceske-republiky-podle-rozlohy/#Nejvetsi_prehrady_Ceske_republiky_podle_rozlohy
Já pořád nějak nechápu, proč si v každém druhém videu stěžujete, že máte doma všechno malé a že to je v ČR normální :-). Přestěhujte se do většího bytu nebo domu a kupte si vybavení, které vám bude vyhovovat, ne? Stejně jako v předchozím videu, že čeští muži příliš pijí alkohol...můj muž například alkohol nepije téměř vůbec a mnoho dalších, které znám si dají třeba pivo vyjímečně :-). Nemůžete posuzovat celou ČR a Čechy podle toho, čím a kým se obklopujete :-).
Tak já taky piju tak 2x za rok, ale prostě češi chlastaj, to je objektivní fakt a tak velký pračky, trouby a podobně tady třeba ani nesežene, nebo za velkej příplatek.
Hahahahah really??? Which video?? Well In 2017 I was 27 now I'm 30... And married for 3 years that might be it haha... Also I was not that camera confident back then I guess...
I like your channel, but a certain thing really shocked me. No top loader washing machines? Seriously? Have you actually tried, you know... looking for any? Alza? DATART? It took me like 10 seconds to find whole lists of top loader washing machines available in Prague.
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
20 kg washing machine? Like washing machine for 20 (by words TWENTY) kilograms of laundry? Are you serious? What are you washing there? Godzilla's underwear?!
@@ArepasforDinner Well mother would kill me, If I would mix her and mine or fathers clothes (especially underwear:-). Also you have to still separate whites from colors (no BLM pun intended ;-) so in our family it was always two washing cycles anyway. But about quantity. We have 6 kg washing machine and unless we are laundering bed sets, we are unable to fill it fully. I can not imagine how big should our closets be to have enough clean clothes to produce more than 6 kg laundry per week. Also, 20 kgs of laundry will be quite difficult to hang. We have only common flat with single balcony so 10 kg of laundry is pretty much maximum we can do a time. But I understand, in USA is everything Bolšoj. You need fridges so big, that you can open small food shop with them. You need freezers so big, that you can hide there whole deer. You need houses so big, that you need map to the bathroom. So why i am surprised, that you have washing machines so big that in CR such are used only in industrial cleaning :-D
udelala na to video, musis pouzit automaticky preklad jinak to nejde, leda by zapnula prispevky komunity a nejaky dobrovolnik je udelal , ona je s jeji cestinou delat rozhodne nebude ;)
Oh, trust me there are 3 seasons in Czech Republic - spring (somewhat cold), summer (barely warm) and autumn + winter (cold and windy). No offense to all Czechs though ;) however, I come from a country with 4 pronounced seasons (4 months each) and this ain't it. The dogs are a weird one for me as well. There are about 100k registered dogs in Prague, it is crazy. Even my husband (Czech) finds is to be too much. Happy Birthday to your husband :)
Rather to have normal size fridge and washing machine than the huge american ones. Americans go shopping once a week buying gigantic size of groceries. Don't find anything better about this
We do a couple of loads of washing a week (including sheets and towels) that will be washed and dry within 2.5 hours. So time is a big factor for us back home. We also grocery shop once a week and fruits maybe twice a week but meat and such once a month so our fridges are bigger.
I recommend you to take some bus that goes through the whole city (136 for example) and just sit and watch. Best way to know Prague ;)
We did it today ,thanks a lot for your recommend 136 was amazing
@@typing8805 Nice :) next recommendation - 175, 177
@@michalvalko248 My Recomendation is line 107 - From Staroměstská to Ohrada.
And trams....
@@70M45-c9r it is 207 😉
After living in Australia for 52 years by the ocean I don't miss it at all, I love the mountains and the forests that we have here and in other parts of Europe
Mmmm but we don’t have maintains in Prague neither. In Caracas where I’m from we sea is in the other side of the Avila mountain. But we have the Avila mountain!
You are right no mountains in Praha but hop in a car and in an hour and a half you are in another world. Venezuela sounds like a nice country, maybe one day I will make it there. I am glad that you like Czech Republic. (When you try Czech you never go back) I was born in Praha, we left in 1968 when Bolsevic came and now I am happy living back here just outside Praha in a lovely small village. Hope to hear from you and I love to hear your opinions, keep up the great work
We had access to seas then the empire has fallen lol
Ooooh noooo!! Lets take it back haha
@@ArepasforDinner :D :D yea pretty sure some southern states like Italy would be against it now ;)
Arepas, I'm so happy to see your video about Praha!! I miss it so much! I am still working hard with my Czech teachers online and one of my teachers said that in just about a month, I'm already at an A2 level, so I'm happy! I hope the borders will reopen in the early fall, so that I can come over and attend school for my TEFL certification and move there. I'm so ready to get out of the US right now, because everything is so depressing here right now, with all of the virus mess and protests all over the country happening...I'm just ready to see the beautiful people of the Czech Republic that I fell in love with on my last trip there! Na shledanou!!
S tou lednicí to nechápu. Jste 2. Normálně ta "velká" lednice stačí i čtyřčlenné rodině. Asi to bude tím, že Češi chodí nakupovat skoro denně a ne jednou týdně. To už mi přijde trochu za hranou mít něco otevřeného v lednici týden, pokud to není třeba kečup.
.. Nebo humr :D :D
@@minecraftman1555 :DDDDDDD
Amíci to tak mají, většinu věcí kupujete v xxxl balení, čerstvé tam moc nepotkáte.
Třeba táta to tak dělá že si navaří kotel něčeho a pak to žere tejden, většinou se to vyhodí dřív než se to s ní, proto je tahle strategie na hovno. Já se snažim kupovat hlavně věci co vydržej a věci co nevydržej sníst aspoň co nejdřív a nekupovat toho zbytečně moc.
Přesně tak! Já nesnáším, když se hotová jídla nechávají déle než 3 dny v lednici.
Despite having no sea, there is the National Czech Navy with few cruisers and even submarines. Don't ask me why... there are rumours that all the submarines have actually wheels because here in Czechia, there is literally no water deeper than 2 meters for them to be used in.
hahahahaha wow :(
I am pretty sure most of our water dams are deeper than 2 meters, there are whole villages under water. :-)
@@Pidalin Even the pond Svět is 4m deep. But we have an area in Hamburg port. We used to have ships before Viktor Kožený sold them.
In first Worl War we had one river cruiser (TGM name) - and it was rly seriosly war ship :)
@@ArepasforDinner We dont have sea, or big lakes, but we have a lot of rivers, and one speciality - all rivers go from czech republic, noone go inside. This is reason, why our country is named "roof of europe".
Your husband must be very happy man with such a beautiful woman ;) I like your videos, thank you and take care!
XD thank you!! I think he is :D haha
@Petju: stastny je, ked ho prave neboli hlava, ta kadencia reci... no maximalne tak 20 minut denne, latino natura sa nezaprie :-)
Though I agree with most of your comments, I have to oppose you in 2 things:
First, the tiny fridges - we, the Czechs, rather go shopping more frequently to buy fresh products, that's why we have tiny fridges..
And second, the personal safety index - no idea, where you have got your data from, but Czech Republic is actually the 6th safest country in Europe and 10th on the whole world, so actually much better then in the chart you have shown.. Just check this: news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/the-czech-republic-is-the-worlds-tenth-safest-country-sixth-in-europe/ and this, it's the whole world by the Global peace index visionofhumanity.org/indexes/global-peace-index/#:~:text=The%20average%20level%20of%20global,improving%20and%2076%20recording%20deteriorations.
Wtf dude? You know what word "oppose" mean? She is just not used to have tiny fridge, by explaining the reason why youre not opposing at all. Aswell as I can doubt your safety ranking and link different charts. Theres many of them and there cant be objective one. Important message is that women can safely walk alone at night. So dont be such a butthurt for no reason.
Ukázala graf "personal safety", to na co tady odkazuješ ty jsou grafy o něčem úplně jiném s jinými indikátory a proto se liší. Bezpečí lze pojmout různě, proto i různé pořadí.
Visiting your friends houses is super common in all the slavic countries. Me and my friends are visiting each other all the time, even our parents do. And yes we also go out very often, as well. Most of the people does it this way. So I would say you've just became a part of a specific social group with different habits or I dunno why:D
Mmmm maybe it’s a Prague thing then. Maybe once you are outside the big cities and live in houses people visit more?
@@ArepasforDinner I lived in Prague most of my life, so I can't speak for countryside people
Hey!
About the washing machines - it's actually pretty common to have a top loader here (search for "pračka s vrchním plněním"), you can choose between top and front loader usually. Front loader is better in my opinion, because you can easily move your washed clothes into your laundry basket... or that basket you use for your washed clothes and then go and put them on dryer to let them air dry. As most of the Czechs do.
No... "top loaders" here are not american top loaders is a completely different machine... Czech top loaders are even worst than the front loaders they take like 7 kilos... Looks this is what I mean by an american top loader ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html
@@ArepasforDinner So... it saves your time but it wastes water?
Hola de Portland, Oregon! I am relocating to Praha with my Czech husband next month. It's been two years since I've been over there so I'm refreshing myself again with your videos. Gracias! Otro cosa, me encanta cocinar y hornear y he sido estudiando el español 👌👌
Hola Heids!! Well I hope you are gonna love the city! Is indeed great to live for a while!! 💜💜💜 las cocinas son pequeñas. Keep that in mind. I love cooking too (I have tons of what’s for dinner videos on the channel if you check haha) so the small kitchens and fridges is super hard for me. Czech people don’t cook on a daily basis
@@ArepasforDinner Thanks for the reply! Yes, those small kitchens 🙈 I've spent maybe six weeks in total at my in-laws' cute panelák apartment in Prague 6 and although I love their cute kitchen style, it is superr pequeña! Muy hubby, Vojta, and I will live there, just us two, for the next 3 to 5 months. We would totally meet you and Jan (?) for beers, if you ever wanted!
about those dogs - Czech rep. is first country in Europe by dog per person. Its same with cats :)
I love it!
First of all, the centre part of most European towns are relatively small, so are the houses. That is why appliances are small. Second, you can buy your (fresh) food daily, so there is no need to keep much food in the fridge. But there are big appartments and houses with gardens in Prague.
Washing machines are front loaders so you can put the dryer, or anything else, on top of the washing machine. A family of two, do you wash more than 5 kg laundry?
Why don't you like to use buses? The ride is less comfortable, but it is not bad either. And buses have a more dense network, so you can come closer to your destination.
Well you are right about almost everything. But nevertheless despite the house being outside of Prague the kitchen is still tiny in comparison. I have never found a house here with a big kitchen and fridge and so. The laundry machine you are so right. The thing is that in America you can have them in combo with a top loader just like this images.app.goo.gl/K4GPgBhNe4Y3CxMq6
Ahoj Andrea! I feel you on the small appliances!! 😂😂😜 And the apartments....in the US, the "dream" is always the big house with a yard.
Hahaha always!!! I guess eventually we will end up there here. It just takes longer 😂
Same dream here, really, for quite a few people. It just takes money. 🤷🏼♂️
It’s not as if the fringes of Prague (and some inner areas too) and of other cities would not be nice family homes.
It’s not as if there were no commuter suburbs around Prague and a few other cities.
(What we don’t build here would be the tiny cardboard homes that fall apart with the next windstorm ; or the super-narrow row houses, with some rare but cute exceptions.)
I find it interesting that you think Czech republic is safe. We czechs don’t think we are like one of the safest countries, but it’s true that I left keys in the door once for the whole day when I wasn’t at home and nobody stole anything. Or if you have a bike you can go to the shop and leave it outside without a lock, nobody is gonna steal it. At night you are probably just gonna see homeless people, but they most likely won’t do anything to you if they aren’t drunk
If one has travelled one would know.
Reason why so many czech ppl are refusing to take their friends into their houses is (specially in prague) they are ashamed. Czech ppl have huge tendecy to look into others lifes and comparing them to themselfs. How wealtyh they are. What they have that you dont. Its a huge part of their mentality to have feeling they have better lives based on materialistic things. I can see that even on myself sometimes. When you switch your whole political ideology you need many years to adapt. 30 years is not enought. 70% of ppl here are still raised by families that grown up in communism and it have a huge impact on how we look at each other and what priorities we have. I dont like to spit on my own nation, cuz whenever its needed we are like one nation and ready to help each other!, but those are some facts i find out in last 22 years of my life here. As a people we can be amazing but as a individuals we are still super selfish and many of us can be ashamed even for we dont have new tv or modern furniture.
TLDR: we are amazing nation but as individuals we can be very selfish and we dont like others to success.
btw. your fridge issues could be based on your shopping behaves. We are used to go shopping every one or two days so we dont buy our supplies for like week.
Oh no that's terrible!!! :-( but completely get it!!... I do like czech people find them to be nice just a tad misunderstood
And about the shopping I can't... We both work too much for it and calling Rohlik every 2 days would be crazy
Yes, Czech republic doesn’t have sea, but we have big and quiet deep ponds and dams - Rybník Svět, Rožmberk, Máchovo jezero (yes, it is also pond), Orlík, Slapy....
No sea but no lake neither. Just ponds 😶
lol and i dont even lock doors for the night,thats how safe it is here...Morava :)
Nr 9: No ocean. Man its rough i feel it. Grew up right by the beach. Probably the thing i miss most and that bothers me the most on a deeper level.
And no, the ponds are not a substitute.
I agree buses are not the best and not the most comfortable but they get you pretty much everywhere. Even if you live in the total uptown of city you´ll get there. And in Prague there are many lanes for buses so u will not stay in a traffic jam. And its same with trams.
I always prefer train for longer distances and tram in city, metro is good when you have no time, but riding in tunnels is super boring for me. Buses were ok in the past, but I really don't like new buses where doors are pushing you inside when it's oppening and seats are terribly placed so you can't just sit there and sit whole route, you have to constantly moving because of people wants in or out etc...it's terrible and bus drivers are driving terribly very often, it's like gas, brake, gass, brake...I hate it. But bus is also very often fastest way to get somewhere so sometimes you have to use it. But for more than 30 km I will choose train always if it's possible.
As for the coming over, in many cases, it is for comfort. ln panel houses there are thin walls therefore you have to watch the loudness otherwise neighbors complaints and it is annoying. In pub there is no such need plus you have a tap beer and thats always better than bottle. But do not despair. It is quite common to invite friends over weekend to cottage (well uf you have one), buy a keg of beer, everyone bring in some food and make a fire. That is what we do instead.
The small fridge is because you have shops on every corner and do daily fresh shopping anytime on anyplace, so you dont need to go once in a week by car to the mall and bring back home 20 bags.
I like my 20 bags. It’s cheaper. We eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day at home! So that’s why maybe. Also as I mentioned before we keep many fruits and veggies in the fridge cause we like them cold. Like apples oranges tomatoes plums!.. they last longer and I love them cold
@@ArepasforDinner I also like to keep veg a and fruit in the fridge, but we have standard size of this appliance, american fridges are oversized.
Very nice again. Thank you for the content. Regarding see and lakes, in fact we have a lot (a really lot) of small lakes (rybníky), mostly in south bohemia but everywhere, in woods, etc ... we also have a lot of river dams (přehrady) ... of course no sea :)
Yes rivers do help. But the ponds don’t do it for me. Last summer grew frustrated because I couldn’t find a big lake anywhere around Prague. We ended up going to a dam that was ok. Not Lake Michigan but ok 😅
@@ArepasforDinner How about Amerika? www.kudyznudy.cz/aktivity/cesky-grand-canyon-velka-amerika and in fact what does it mean around the Prague? :) Slapy? Stechovice? Zelivka - the source of drinking water in half of Prague?
#2 Toploading washing machines exist! But they are usually meant for tiny apartments where it'd be difficult to load the machine from the side (for example in our bathroom that would not be possible at all)
#6 That's funny, I don't live in Prague and when I'm in Prague it's the complete opposite - I try to avoid the metro as much as possible, it's just too scary lol.
#9 We (the Czechs) definitely do not feel like we lack ocean. We're quite happy with the water we got :)
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
Been viewing these videos of late, especially as I'm in the Czech Republic for 3 months now and awaiting direct flights to resume between CZ & UK. I can relate a lot to some of your content. Keep the good work up! :)
Thank you!!!
@@ArepasforDinner also the ocean thing is almost a reality.......Regiojet overnight train to Croatia starts next month :).
You're grat youtuber and I love how you try to inform people about Czech Republic because I am from Czech. (And for info: You can buy big fridge and in electronics store you can find toploaders [You must ask about it because we don't usually use toploaders])
Toploaders not really... We were moving (not anymore) but in the new house there was no washing machine and we wanted an american full size top loader (The ones that actually fill up the tank with water) and no... Only in UK they have some but we had no clue how to import them... And the fridge is the same... My kitchen is so small that I wouldn't even call it kitchen but kitchenette if I would dare to put an american fridge it would take around 30% of the space XD
@@ArepasforDinner What do you mean, no toploaders? I found this on google in about 1 minute.
m.alza.cz/vrchem-plnene-pracky/18852777.htm
Granted, you can always import stuff from all over the Europe or even USA, we got Amazon here you know... :)
Hola Andrea, si te quieres sentir un poco como en la playa, visita Lipno o Trebon... obviamente no es mar, pero podría acercarte a la sensación... talvez
Lo haremos 🤗
Arepas for Dinner déjame saber cómo fue, si te gusto. Y lo mejor es en verano, para sentirte como en playita en Venezuela 😉
I love your videos because im from Czech Republic And you are really important😄
There is no diff in taking tram/trolleybus or bus when moving along the Prague. They all belong to Prague public transport company. It is safe in all of them. Just give it a try ;)
also: "... taking the BOSS... " :D
hahaha yes yes I know!.. I just for some reason drag the bus I don't like it... I would rather walk or uber if I can't tram or metro myself there!
ill give you advice. rule no.1 never take night tram when you are alone. rule no.2 -> always think about rule no.1
Loved it !
Vivo en Prága 4 y soy Checo. Para viajar al centro (24 minutos) necesito usar bus y después metro.
Tranvías están solamente en el centro. Por qué pagar Uber , sí que todos podemos usar autobús cada 3-6 min :) :)
Czechs are not inviting people to their homes too often because many Czechs have terrible mess in homes and it looks more like warehouse and not home and they are afraid show it to someone. :-)
speak for yourself
😂😂 nah I don’t think is that
@@ArepasforDinner I saw many Czech homes, I would say about 30% of people are living in warehouse with boxes everywhere and cloths on all chairs. We have just too much things and people in Czechia can't remove old not used things, that illnes has name - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogenes_syndrome
I was growing up in such home so I know how it works, pepople are saying constantly "kids did mess here" or "I don't have time today" and milion other excuses why you can't visit our home and it's all lies. :-D Today in adult age I don't want to be like my mom and I am trying to throw away as much as possible. Always when I think I have mess in my home and visit my mom I will realize my home is absolutely ok. :-D
The sea is missed, but have you ever see Lipno dam? Or have you ever been in Třeboň region, where is the most ponds in czech republik? It is not so dark and dry here in the landlock desert... :D
Mmm I have never being there... Perhaps cause it is 200 km from home and we would need to sleep there!.. But looks like something I might want to do!.. Thank you for sharing!.. Besides that one I haven't seen much "masses of water" (As I annoyingly kept referring to them in the video haha) around Prague at least... But hey!.. That's what we have a car for!
@@ArepasforDinner Either car or train, even some buses do go there and back. If you start in the morning (8:00) and return back in late afternoon (18:00), you can ejoy a lot and be home to catch the news in telly. Not to mention 200km is like 2,5 hour ride by superslowass/safe speed. Other watter activities that came on my mind, directly in Prague - boating on Vltava river, or swimming in aquapalace (or a simple pool). Plenty of both in here. BTW, being carefull is not a bad thing, even in (relatively) safe environment.
Czech ppl "miss" the ocean? XD Hahaha, love it, hilarious.
Hi There, i just watched your video 'why is Czech so hard' i'm Czech and it was really good, but we dont use cyricice for more than 600 yrs, we then good rid of the double marks like thanks to Jan Amos Komenský and thus old Czech was made, but it is very hard to read. So around 250 a Czech enlightnemnt group reworked the words and that is how we got mote hard but logical language. Also, i just found out about your channel and i just love it. Subscribed 💜
@@qwe5qwe566 spletl jsem se, uznávám
Awww autumn is best :)
We don´t have a sea (we used to) but you can go to see some dam (Lipno, Orlík) or a pond (Rožmberk). I live in Třeboň and here are ponds everywhere so I am used to live in a country full of water. No ocean but you can swim across and back. :)
dont forget northbohemian ponds Chmelar & Machovo jezero and former brown coal mine Milada.
top-loaders are common, never had any other washing machine. and buses are disgusting, I agree
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
Ale ČR má moře. Máme kousek v Tichém oceánu .-) A ještě několik hektarů v Hamburku .-) K Baltu je to 6 hodin a do Chorvatska 10. Což mi nepřijde jako mnoho,) S trochou štěstí až stoupne hladina vody, tak budeme mít své moře, co navazuje na naše území xD
! tengo 12 años viviendo aqui y todavia no me acostumbro al bus, y en mi cocina super pequeña quite las puertas para poder meter una refri de dos puertas (el hielo y agua fria es necesario), algo que es muy interesante es que trabajo a la par de tu apartamento (Metronome! ). Voy a informar a mi esposa de tu canal, ya que creo que le gustara mucho!.
Hola! Que genial que te guste mi contenido!!! Haha mi cocina es muy pequeña. No hay ni que quitar para meter una nevera de verdad. Tenemos un deep freezer y eso nos ha resuelto so far
Hello Arepas,
Regarding your point 5. I very strongly believe that you could study to be a doctor and it would be easier than studying to achieve C2 level in Czech (as an adult).
Czech is an enigma, a very well constructed encryption code. It has layers upon layers of complexity. One doesn't learn Czech, one deciphers it. From what I've seen most foreigners learn till about A1 and then just give up. I started learning Czech very late in life and didn't give it a dedicated effort, and as a result I didn't progress really far, however I have progressed further than any foreigner with an English background I've ever met in person.
What you say about Czechs speaking fast. It's true, and also in a monotone. They're not very emotional people to begin with. But to me it sounds like they are very short on time, all the time, like they are rushing to get their words out. They're kind of anxious, and especially in movie dialogs. It's how they make movies here. I think they speak roughly 4 times faster than what I can understand.
So what that means is, I'll put a movie on in Czech with Czech subtitles, and every time someone says something, I need to pause and read the text, then it can mostly make sense. But if I just listened to it without being able to read it, it just sounds like someone hit the fast-forward button. Just one long mess of a sentence with no stops.
Bottom line is, watching movies is only good practice for your Czech, if you already know Czech. Otherwise the whole dialog is one long monotone.
Even when the subtitles are paused. It doesn't mean I can always just quickly read it. It means I have to stop and calculate. Step 1. Identity words I know, Step 2: Find the words I don't know. Step 3 : Check cases, genders -> determine object / subject or other modifiers to the sentence, if a modifier is found, then apply logic to determine what tense the statement is in. There are some modifiers like "By" which means the statement is written as past tense but actually is meant for future tense, so relying on l at endings isn't reliable, because this modifier again flicks the logic. Now if I don't know a word, and that happens almost every time someone says something, then I have to try and prioritize it. So it gets weighted, if it's the first time I heard such a word, it's forgotten. If it starts coming up a lot, then it starts getting weight. And only then if it's something I'll actually use. And then some words just come easily because they're so quirky, even if I'll virtually never hear that one useless word again.
All in all it's a serious thing. I would say even climbing mount Everest would be easier than learning Czech. By the way, for all those people who do 1 lesson a week - It will take you 22 years to learn Czech. If you want to see any real progress, you need to become completely obsessed with the language and every single day you need to spend at least 1 hour on it.
To put things in perspective, the University of Ostrava offers a Czech language program lasting 3 years, this assumes you already have A1, and when you leave you will be at B2 level. 3 years -> 5 days a week, 8 hours a day. So just think of that.
a top-loader wash machine is pretty common here, I am wondering why haven't you been able to find one :)
No no no google American top loader. What you guys have is a front loader that you can fill up from the top. Still the body rotates vertically not horizontally. It never fills up with water and they are even smaller than your front loaders
@@ArepasforDinner well, my mom had a top loader which rotated horizontally :) but I agree, those are not so common
I don't know why you can't find a top loader washing machine, I've got one at home and know many other people who use them. Thanks for the video!
Czech top loader is not the same as a basic top loader. Is more like this ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html that’s a top loader. They take in average 15 to 20 kilos loads and wash more or less in 20 minutes. They fill up the tank with water and have a hook up for hot water so they don’t need to heat it up. They are very efficient in not wasting electricity but they do use doble the amount of water. But only a 1/4 of the electricity
@@ArepasforDinner I see, thank you!
the last time I´ve seen any kind of sea or ocean is like 9 years ago...yeah, sad.
Ohh noooo!!!!! You need some vitamin sea!
It took me just couple of seconds to find a 15kg top loader laundry machine online and I was looking only at those for below 20k czk. Most of them are smaller because we don't have communal laundry rooms culture in apartment buildings, so we do laundry in our apartments (or houses) more often in smaller amounts. American-style fridges are popular and available in every store. The issue of small appliances in mostly just in cities.
In regards to safety - you were showing the ranking of various countries... In fact CZ has for example half the homicide rate of Denmark, lower than almost any place in the EU.
Also, when you are just listening and hear "ate dogs everywhere", I had to look at the text to understand it was "Eight: Dogs everywhere".
We don't have communal laundry rooms either haha What's that? Like in LA or New York? That's crazy and btw those take 30kg hahaha not 20...
Small appliances is a real thing... This oven is so small you can't fit a turkey in... And we just found out that's the only size there is...
There's dogs everywhere... I guess having a different accent in english is a thing... Would looove to hear yours
@@ArepasforDinner Yup, but in USA, they are common in many apartment buildings. ANyway, in CZ, you might want to chack out "velkokapacitni", "prumyslove" or profesionalni pracky". Also, ovens 90x50x60 and larger are commonly available.
the thing with visiting firends.. I dont know, I dont like going out in public spaces, Iam not that type. Id rather go out in the nature, so I go on trips with friends or we often have sleepovers.. But that might be the thing that most of my friends live in houses, not apartments. because my guess is that apartments are kinda boring. but who knows. maybe just ask your friends :D
I guess you are right. Probably if people live in a house there’s more space so you can have people over (I like it much more)
Im in cr since 94 and still have it hard to catch,...
We don't like top loaders. They're not even that good tbh. In Australia they use both and top loaders slowly ruined all my clothes, they have higher water consumption so there's no point of having one.
Don't really understand what's the problem with buses. I don't like public transport in general but don't see any difference between trams, buses or metro. No ocean/sea is really sad. We're just waiting for the sea level to rise :D Our houses/units are usually not that nice and we couldn't care less to keep them super tidy that's the only reason imho.
Well a good quality top loader washes faster. Consumes more water (about double) but 1/3 of the electricity
@@ArepasforDinner mmm maybe the more expensive ones. When I was looking for a washing machine my limit was 700$ and all top loaders in that price range used more water and energy. I was looking for a front loader and my flat mate wanted top loader, but there was not a single benefit of having top loader. Anyway that's not important. You are right, top loaders are not common in czech at all.
Fall... burčák💕
I feel you, we have the same type of fridge and even we are only two of us, it's still small. I love to cook and there should always be some basic ingredients to cook something. But 20 kilos washing machine sounds whopping to me :D.
Hahaha 😂 it’s big! But you can wash all your shits and towels in one round haha 😂
@@ArepasforDinner I hope it's a typo and you don't have to wash shits. :DDD
It is funny to see all those cultural differences. For us in Europe, everything in America is unnecessarily big. Big appliances, big houses, big cars... But I understand, that people just get used to once and then it is hard... ;-) one thing I do not understand is that bus thing like I feel on the bus same as in trams. In many other Czech cities, there is no choice because there are no trams or metro, only buses or trolleybuses, which is almost same.
I feel it the other way around. I feel here is unnecessarily small but people just get used to that and then if you give them a house with 3 bathrooms they don’t know what to do haha
I think lots of people in Prague don’t love to take it neither idk why. It’s a bit unpredictable and if you take the wrong one you can end up 30 km from Prague (happened to me)
Well I hate taking a bus too. Im from a small town so I go by a walk everywhere. In Prague I just take a metro. No tram, no bus. I dont know why. I just hate them. :D
I get you and in summer they are the worst while metro remains cool and nice
I am from Prague, i’ve lived here all my life, and still i am not used to take a bus. I’d rather go by other public transportation like metro or tram and go for 30 mins extra then take a bus.
Why, what is wrong with taking the bus?
Why? In Brno trams are "radial" going through center and (trolley)bus lines are usually going in circles perpendicular to tram lines with exceptions.
I try to avoid using buses too, for some reason. not sure I can explain why, I just don't like it. I try to make my root with trams (instead even the metro))) because I enjoy looking out of windows here, the city is gorgeous
Glad to hear is not just me 😂
Top loaders was here .. like 10 years ago :D and still are but its rare.. Big fridge - yes, I dont know why czech dont have big fridge - probably because they buy foods more often - based on discounts + they want save money on energy fees :D
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You would love living in my city. We have no metro and no trams. It's literally ONLY bus. (about 80k habitants)
Wow where is that?
@@ArepasforDinner It's called Havířov. Close to Ostrava :)
Completely agree with number 9. After 44 years I am still not used to to no ocean.
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máme Chorvatsko ne? :D A komu nevadi studena voda tak Polsko :)) Ale do Chrovatska uz to mozna nebude tak jednoduche kdyz chteji lide v Evropske Unii zavest jen elektroauta.. Ty tam asi nedojedou..
You should make videos where you try talk in czech.. I think it will help a lot :D
Hahahaha nooo maybe one day but I have a lot of followers around the world... That's the main reason why I dont do the videos in Spanish... So everyone can understand :D
I've never been near to the ocean or sea. I've never saw an ocean or another county (except Germany and Slovakia) and I'm ok with that.
We have beautiful lakes on the south of Czechia❤ for example (Svět, the biggest one called Rožmberk etc..)
Btw: i love your videos🥰😊
Oooh noooo no no no no you need to get your ass to the coast ASAP nobody should live without seeing the ocean at least once!
@@ArepasforDinner its okay, maybe some day..😊
I have travelled since university times quite often,when smaller also with parents,and yet I saw ocean first time when I was 31 two years ago,and that was just because of extra planned trip to Canary Islands. So it sounds a bit funny to me the expression of missing ocean,I think majority of people I know or my relatives have never seen ocean - yet can still travel a lot. I can never get enough of nature in Austria etc..
I dont get the fridges, we have a normal fridge and even a freezer.
When I compare it to fridges in America I dont see diference really.
Perhaps you are lucky... In Prague new apartments and even not that new you can only find the small type of fridges from Alza... Only 1 friend has a full size american fridge with a water and ice dispenser...
How about to buy some cottage couple K's from Prague?! Maybe could help
Vas muz neumi spanelsky? Docela jsem prekvapen, ze v TOP 10 nejsou Velikonoce .. xD
sakra chlape, venezuela je v jižní americe, ergo katolická, tam se velikonoce samozřejmě slaví
@@jachymhr myslel jsem nase pojeti .. ne hledani vajicek ..
@@miroslavmusalek9194 to s Velikonoci nemá nic společného, je mi líto.
No ocean mě pobavilo :D
Yeah, I want to buy American fridge as soon as I'll buy my own apartment :)
They are the best hahaha... I'll do the same when I move... Not sure about buying in CZ for while (too overpriced) but renting a bigger place for sure
@@ArepasforDinner overprice of houses and flats is insane in Czechia :/ I am in London now, sharehouse but a lot of space, garden, I love it, can't imagine going back next year.
Brandynka102 it’s insane. That’s why we must ask for a change in the construction permits. I’m honestly trying to start a movement here 😂
8:14 wow !
Best video
Fourth here... 🙌🙌🙌
8) Dogs everywhere - that is one thing I don't like about Czech Republic. (I work in Prague and live next to it)
My husband neither
What's wrong taking a bus in Praue? But I wouldn' take a bus in US city because of diferent sort of people
I guess that’s why I don’t like it. It doesn’t have anything wrong with it. I just don’t like it. In summer they are way too hot like the tram and idk I’ve gotten lost too many times while taking it
Usually I'll take 2-3 stops by bus and then tram or subway
@@ArepasforDinner
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Safe country but still some scammers, rapists, thieves here. Often workers from eastern countries. Be safe.
I live in Prague in house and i take bus every day. And lot of people are taking bus every day
u need to start acting career ! :D U look so beautiful ! :D
You are too sweeeettt
What dont you get it on group taking off their shoes?same principle, we are not pigs who want to step the dirt and mud into someone else's house. Czechia aint americe where people are taking their shoes to bed...
Don't be offensive... Nobody is better than anybody else :)
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Pardon, že tohle bude česky, moje aj není tak dobrá, abych to sepsala v angličtině.
Do centru není cestování hromadnou dopravou bez použití busu velký problém, ale více v okrajových částech Prahy už to trochu není možné. Všechno malé v domácnosti není problém, nedokážu si moc představit, jak velký bych potřebovala koš na prádlo, abych naplnila 20kg pračku bílého prádla, možná tak, kdybych prala všechno dohromady...
A k tomu oceánu: mě moc nechybí,. Naposledy, když jsem byla u moře, tak se mi povedlo rozříznout si nohu o rozbitou láhev. My jsme rybníkářská země, pamatuju si na "dovolenou" u Macháče, když jsme byly se sestrou děti, jak jsme se vyblbly. Teď když mam chuť si pořádně zaplavat, tak mám naštěstí v blízkosti rodného města přehradu pro rekreační účely, to mi jako moře na léto stačí. :D
If you missing ocean you can go visit Máchovo jezero, its our “ocean” 🙂 and its lovely trip walking around.
Oh where is it?! I would love to go!! And of course Vlog about it. As soon as weather permits
Arepas for Dinner en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Mácha 🙂 im sure you like it. Its not that far from Prague. If weather will be nice you can close eyes and listen waves on sandy beach 😉
Still quite tiny, just a big pond, though it has beaches, so it’s better than nothing.
Lipno is OK in size, but far from Prague, and it can be cold, I think.
@@ArepasforDinner We have more fishponds and dams than lakes in our country. Anyway, there is a list of the largest Czech water dams: skompasem.cz/nejvetsi-prehrady-ceske-republiky-podle-rozlohy/#Nejvetsi_prehrady_Ceske_republiky_podle_rozlohy
Já pořád nějak nechápu, proč si v každém druhém videu stěžujete, že máte doma všechno malé a že to je v ČR normální :-). Přestěhujte se do většího bytu nebo domu a kupte si vybavení, které vám bude vyhovovat, ne? Stejně jako v předchozím videu, že čeští muži příliš pijí alkohol...můj muž například alkohol nepije téměř vůbec a mnoho dalších, které znám si dají třeba pivo vyjímečně :-). Nemůžete posuzovat celou ČR a Čechy podle toho, čím a kým se obklopujete :-).
Tak já taky piju tak 2x za rok, ale prostě češi chlastaj, to je objektivní fakt a tak velký pračky, trouby a podobně tady třeba ani nesežene, nebo za velkej příplatek.
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Já byl first o pár vteřin
I just watched old video from 2017 and its like you are completely different person :D by image and by behavior :D its weird :D
Hahahahah really??? Which video?? Well In 2017 I was 27 now I'm 30... And married for 3 years that might be it haha... Also I was not that camera confident back then I guess...
Zkus udělat jedno celé video česky.👍
buses are awful in Prague, i'd rather walk, then take a bus :) been leaving in Prague for 3 years :)
Joooo česká republika
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I like your channel, but a certain thing really shocked me. No top loader washing machines? Seriously? Have you actually tried, you know... looking for any? Alza? DATART? It took me like 10 seconds to find whole lists of top loader washing machines available in Prague.
No baby I said American top loaders. They are not those tiny ones some people have here. Those I’ve never ever seeing them in America. I’m talking about 20 minutes wash 20 kilos top loaders look!.. something like ruclips.net/video/xK5jHuWCTc4/видео.html but they are so so so rare in Europe that people don’t even know what I’m talking about
20 kg washing machine? Like washing machine for 20 (by words TWENTY) kilograms of laundry? Are you serious? What are you washing there? Godzilla's underwear?!
Hahahaha you can wash the clothes of a family of 5... 4 bed sets and towels...
@@ArepasforDinner Well mother would kill me, If I would mix her and mine or fathers clothes (especially underwear:-). Also you have to still separate whites from colors (no BLM pun intended ;-) so in our family it was always two washing cycles anyway. But about quantity. We have 6 kg washing machine and unless we are laundering bed sets, we are unable to fill it fully. I can not imagine how big should our closets be to have enough clean clothes to produce more than 6 kg laundry per week. Also, 20 kgs of laundry will be quite difficult to hang. We have only common flat with single balcony so 10 kg of laundry is pretty much maximum we can do a time.
But I understand, in USA is everything Bolšoj. You need fridges so big, that you can open small food shop with them. You need freezers so big, that you can hide there whole deer. You need houses so big, that you need map to the bathroom. So why i am surprised, that you have washing machines so big that in CR such are used only in industrial cleaning :-D
Pls Slovak or Czech subtiles...
udelala na to video, musis pouzit automaticky preklad jinak to nejde, leda by zapnula prispevky komunity a nejaky dobrovolnik je udelal , ona je s jeji cestinou delat rozhodne nebude ;)
Oh, trust me there are 3 seasons in Czech Republic - spring (somewhat cold), summer (barely warm) and autumn + winter (cold and windy). No offense to all Czechs though ;) however, I come from a country with 4 pronounced seasons (4 months each) and this ain't it.
The dogs are a weird one for me as well. There are about 100k registered dogs in Prague, it is crazy. Even my husband (Czech) finds is to be too much.
Happy Birthday to your husband :)
Oooh where are you from?? I honestly would like to have even more winter winter in CZ tbh
@@ArepasforDinner I am Bulgarian.
Oh yes, it would be lovely if we actually got some snow in Prague :) It would look like a scene from a fairytale.
Hristina Sedláčková 💯
Rather to have normal size fridge and washing machine than the huge american ones. Americans go shopping once a week buying gigantic size of groceries. Don't find anything better about this
For me normal is American 😂
We do a couple of loads of washing a week (including sheets and towels) that will be washed and dry within 2.5 hours. So time is a big factor for us back home. We also grocery shop once a week and fruits maybe twice a week but meat and such once a month so our fridges are bigger.
@@ArepasforDinner Jiny kraj, jiny mrav :)
move out if u dont like it
hahahahahaha no
idi damoj capajev
less makeup. good.
oh more makeup, not as good
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