NvB: Bored in Brno?: Thursday AM

Thursday AM

There haven't been many posts in the last week because—you guessed, I was bored. Too much tweaking of the blog template, no doubt. I've got some recent pictures from great walks to upload at some point.

For your breakfast reading, check out Evan Rail's beer-travelogue in the NYTimes Online (free sign up required). It's enough to make Bohemia beautiful again! My favorite bottled Czech beer is Bernard because it's the only unpasteurized Czech beer sold in bottles. That means the fermentation hasn't really been stopped and gives that yeastiness that is rare to find in most bottled beers. Bernard's unpasteurized offerings are a smooth, rich dark beer and a kvasnicove-style "holiday" lager.

Thanks to Amy for the tip. The article has appeared on a few other Czech-themed blogs, too. The Ultimate Beer run in the Czech Republic.

Tags: czech, food, beer, travel

Posted 10 August 2006 at 10:31.

The Blog

What is "Bored in Brno"? a) the best Czech movie of 2003, b) a blog about Brno (the Czech Republic's second largest city) and my adventures in and observations of south and east Moravia. I usually post about music, arts, culture, and stuff in Brno; or, I talk about whatever; or, I may bore you.

There's a Czech saying about how you are a new person for every language you learn. Here's your chance to experience Czech vicariously and to become your new self, now conveniently available in English translation. (Or at least something reasonably close to English.)

If you have questions, suggestions, like what you see, or you're just plain bored, don't hesitate to leave a comment or e-mail me.

The Blogger

A graduate student in music and anthropology writing a dissertation about music in Moravia, the eastern third of the Czech Republic. At some point, the Czech Republic's "second city" (that would be Brno) captured my attention, and I've since been blogging about events, arts, music, and other stuff—basically whatever interests me in and around the cityscape. I'm not living in Brno now, but I keep up with the cultural pulse from afar as best I can.

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