Czech college life: not enough dorms, written 16 hours ago, It is the same every year. Thousands of students apply for college dorm rooms, thousands receive an "application rejected". Czech colleges have a system according to which rooms are assigned. Several years ago the system was based...

Castle Avenue, written 1 day ago, Autumn colors along the North Castle Avenue at Årsta in Österhaninge. The castle looks like this. There's a golf course here and you can see the fairways on both sides of the old road. The weather was great today so there was quite a few golfers out there looking ...

English-Hungary is a blog about Hungary for those who would like to know what's going on in our country but don't speak the language. We select random news about politics and about anything else that could interest people from Europe and from the rest of

Ski Holidays Chalet Families, written 2 weeks ago, Skiing is a great way for the family to spend time together and it doesn't matter what level everyone is at it is still possible to have a great holiday on superb slopes.  Accommodation is vitally important especially when you have children and you...

A BAILOUT LIMERICK by Jim Freeman, written 4 days ago, <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-1610611985 110...

There's Stupid and Then There's… Well, Just Keep Reading, written 1 day ago, Last Thursday I was standing in the lobby of the IBIS Orly Hotel, in Paris, naturally. It was almost midnight, my flight from Casablanca arrived late, my checked-in luggage didn't arrive at all, and I was suffering from a...

I Hypermile, written 1 week ago, For the past few months, hubby and I have become hypermilers. Much to the chagrin of other drivers.. we drive slow, take our time, coast when we can, and do as much as possible to increase our mpg without having to buy a hybrid. I'm not an extreme hypermiler like Hub...

Berounka river, written 1 week ago, .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Berounka river, originally uploaded by finofilka.

No English Friendly For Madrid, written 13 hours ago,

Angry news reporter meltdowns, written 1 week ago,

How to Hunt Mushrooms, written 3 days ago, I must be due another post about picking mushrooms – why it is the height of the season! Recently I have been pondering what skills/abilities are needed to pick mushrooms. This has been caused by two English friends asking me to show them how to do it, wh...

Joy, written 13 hours ago, After more than two years here, these are some things about life in Greece that make me feel joyful:1. The way there is a different type of sunset for each season. This weekend I saw a blazing red autumn sunset, throwing up shades of pale purple, gold and blue.2. Not freez...

Liadisimo, written 6 days ago, C/Guillermo Tell 23-25 : Fontana : Fascinating Fact: in Spanish, the word "bar" can mean both "pub" and also "coffee shop", and it's under the cover of this dubious linguistical ambiguity that I'm going to attempt to squeeze unnoticed into...

Unique Museum Of Musical Instruments And Hutsuls Lifestyle In Verkhovyna (Carpathian Mountains), written 3 weeks ago, "Two hours in this museum is worth our whole trip to Carpathian Mountains", my husband said after our visiting of museum of musical instrument and hutsuls lifestyle. The mu...

Hundsrügg, written 6 days ago, Like Sunday this was unfinished business, we'd set out to traverse the Hundsrügg a while back but some pretty violent thunderstorms made the ridge look unappealing so we didn't make it. It's actually a fair way as well, about 18km and a 1000m of ascent so that would ...

Compo, Sicknote, Donny, Sue & Brent & Martin September 2008, written 2 weeks ago, Lets do the easy ones first, Sue and Brent are from Wales but we won't hold that against them. Martin who has dived with us before,  who's other half allowed him a some diving passes. Then there was Andy, ...

You have to feel sorry for the leader of the..., written 1 day ago, You have to feel sorry for the leader of the Scottish Nationalists, Alex Salmond. Only a few weeks ago, he was urging the Scots to break free of British fetters and join Iceland, Ireland and Norway in the 'arc of prosperity'. You co...

Austrian Far Right Leader, Jorg Haider, Dies in Car Crash, written 2 days ago, Haider is on the left, you should know the nut job on the rightJorg Haider, the controversial Austrian far-right political leader who was leader of party while they were in the 2000-2006 coalition, died in a car crash nea...

I am a Faroese American in hopes of bringing others information about the Faroe Islands and its culture.

Online sites for Students of English as a Foreign Language, written 3 days ago, The following sites have been recommended by John Campbell who is a teacher at Alpha School of English in Malta. www.nonstopenglish.com www.onestopenglish.com www.lingolex.com www.english-the-easy-way.com www.esl-cafe.co...