Czech and German explore the world

"Mommy, do not look in that cell phone again, or I'll take it from you," my daughter lashed out at me when she saw that I am writing again something on my cell phone. I felt ashamed and also sorry that all the years during which I tried to show to my children that life does not happen on the phone, but here, right around us, are fading away. But I am suddenly not able to resist. Yes, it's still me. The one, who turned on the phone once per day to check incoming messages. The one, who taught everyone to write her long e-mails instead of calling, because I almost never called back. The one, who never knew where her phone is and if it is charged. When I was at 17 for two weeks hitchhiking with my friend around Europe, my parents knew that they will probably hear from me at the earliest when I come back - if the postcard will not reach them earlier. Mobile madness did not reach me even at the university and also afterward I stayed away from social media and phone. I hav...

Reichstag On my first visit to Berlin we are heading towards the historical center and visit the renovated building of German parliament (Reichstag). We climb slowly along the spiral ramp, listening to voice from headphones describing the scene behind the modern glass dome and observe modern buildings, renovated remains of historical monuments, parks, TV tower... Reflectors are lightening the evening scene and leave the impression that we are standing on the border of a modern future ... Teufelsberg - NSA tower ... a few weeks later we are again in Berlin. This time we are climbing stairs of an old tower hidden in the middle of the forest, which used to serve as a listening tower during the cold war. It surrounds us by mystical creaking, screeching and drumming as sheets and torn parts of the tower casing are crashing into the metal structure. Graffiti cover every free piece of walls around us and vegetation is slowly winning over the human. Out of a sudden, it is gett...

I just arrived in  Prague from Germany...again...and now, sitting behind the window, watching the last winter snow glowing in the sun and frost trying to keep the winter a bit longer among streets, I started to think about the last year. The last year, which I spent partly here in my home country and partly in Germany with my boyfriend. The last year, which was interwoven with the endless thread of wonderful experiences, love, harmony, and discoveries but also with many challenges and moments when two different words clash together, trying to find a position where the toothed wheels of different size will fit perfectly...