Well, there’s mail-order brides and donor eggs…
They have a local firewater called Becherovka. To me it had a strong taste of cloves. Impress your friends with something different.
You’re correct! I’m confused. And I own three of them too.
I actually am mildly interested to know what these guys’s sausage tastes like – in a manner of speaking.
What’s cool from the Czech Republic?
There’s Adam Ondra - he’d get a lot of votes as the best sport climber in the world right now.
I’d reccomend Jaromir Jagr. Dude’s a god over there, not to mention a future Hall of Famer.
FYI, you can’t legally bring meat products over from Europe in your luggage. I tried this once (from Austria) and they were confiscated at customs. I asked why and the answer was “Hoof and Mouth disease.”
From Christmas time - FWIW
CIA Factbook shows that auto manufacture is a biggie - hitting 1,000,000/year.
Maybe a hood ornament?
Rice Czechs, Wheat Czechs, Corn Czechs and Bad Czechs.
You will, of course, take my personal Czech?
Good choice, I can second it. Though it’s actually “stateside” some now… megastores like Total Wine & Spirits might carry it.
Porn stars, but you may not be able to fit one in the overhead.
My mother used to send me soaps. You might not be into soaps, but they make some fantastic ones (even some kosher ones…). There’s this one kind of soap I really liked that was green apple, and actually smelled like apples, for real. Back in the 80s, when my mother sent it to me, you couldn’t get any kind of green apple soap here, and now there are a few shampoos and body washes, but they don’t really smell like apples.
I remember getting shitfaced on it in about 1991. I stuck with Czech beers after that, which are outstanding. The people there at that time were just starting to flex their capitalism wings; three of us rented an apartment for a month for about $10 a night, which included them cooking breakfast for us and stocking the fridge with beer, ham and cheese.
Don’t get pencils. I saw a pencil earlier this evening and it immediately reminded me of the cheap Czech pencils my mom used to buy when I went to school, Man (hommes) I don’t think I hated anything more than those pencils.
If you’re into pork and cooking, get some of the local spice/seasoning mixes for making various types of sausage. Or maybe a little something you can hang in your bar/mancave. I don’t recommend hanging sausage or pork in your mancave.
I bought a beautiful crystal vase there, but you weren’t into that. I also saw a lot of amber, chess sets, puppets, matryoshka dolls etc. I ate my weight in pirogi and sesame bagel things, but not sure they would travel well.
Since firearms would be difficult to impossible to import without paperwork, a nice alternative would be a set of BRNO aperture sights, they have a cult following on Rimfire Central, a CZ 452/455 with BRNO aperture sights can actually rival the accuracy of a scoped rifle at 50 yards (3-9x magnification)
Looks to me: If the Czech republic were a shop in an international mall, I most likely would not shop there.
I have never fired a gun. Don’t know what one is, really.
From my time in New York I know the word “chatchka”. All the glass baubles sound to me like the definition of that word. Problem is, at this time in my life, I am looking to throw out, not collect.
Don’t drink beer.
In relation to sausages and the like, I live very near the Spanish town of Jabugo. (World pig capital)
So… i draw a blank. If things work out, I will hopefully visit this fair city around Easter Week vacation and will see for myself.
Thanks folks.
I think you mean tchotchke. The problem is, almost any small souvenier someone brings you is almost by definition a tchotchke. What kinds of gifts from other countries have you liked?
A couple of mentions above… a Jaromir Jagr Czech hockey jersey would be unique, colorful, possible conversation starter…