6 posts tagged “prague”

When I am old and cranky and I can’t look after myself no more - please stick me in a nursing home.  Now don’t get me wrong I don’t want this anytime soon - I think I have a good few years left before being put out to pasture, also some would argue that I may be cranky enough if not old enough.  In addition I want one of these places where I have my own front door, living room, kitchen, etc - but with 24 hr help close by - more the type of thing I see in the UK nursing homes.

And rightly you may ask, why the hell am I writing about this just now?  Bloody good question, as one would hope that I am 30 or more years away from this.

I spent the weekend in Prague, while there we visited the other half’s parents.  A seniors community living would be great for them - the type of thing that I describe for myself - however it seems that the Czech market for nursing homes is not yet as advanced as Ireland or the UK.  Now I know there are other that would consider their way is better with older people being looked after by their family - sorry people but if you think this still you are living in wonder land.

All of Europe has become so busy that the life style of having time to look after older parents has changed - both in most marriages work, and work too long and late into the day to have the time to spend with their own children and look after their parents.

I reckon by the time I am ready to be carted off we might have something more like the various options they have in the sates - I so hope so.

This is hurting my head.  I have started in earnest to learn Czech.  I lived in Vienna for a while and took German classes, I did not find it easy, however it did seem possible and I  did start to understand what people were say and I could speak a little.

But Czech - big sigh, hang head...

Nothing makes me feel so stupid as learning another language.  In general in life I find most things fairly easy.  But with repetitive stuff that I have to do over and over again, well I just want to leave.

We have post-it note on things around the house, I am a child.

Spent the weekend in Prague and back here in Ireland for about ten days now - and still don't feel like I have got back into a routine yet.

The weekend was busy, as it always is, any time we head to the Czech Republic.  Thursday landed late, Friday hotels problem - ah the idea of service in many Czech Hotels is fairly amusing until you have to deal with it.  But that is for another day.

Then my first Czech wedding - my god they go on all day.  Sunday the mother in law to be gave me a learning Czech book, hmmm....

Monday back on the plane...

And working too much since I got back.

So we made the decision last week to move back to Prague.  I am Scottish, the other half is Czceh and we lived together there for six months before moving to Ireland - we have been here for the last two years now.

I found this site while looking at Moveable Type for my own personal blog and I thought I would give it a go for this subject only - Our Move to Prague.

At first I was exicited and now I am thinking - oh my god what am I doing - I don't speak Czech - the lessons will start in Sep after out last big holiday before the move.  Now I work mostly on the internet so that part is flexible - lets give it a bash and see what happens.

So this blog is somewhere away from the crowd to post about all the problems and issues I will run into getting ready to move and the moving itself.

So we made the decision last week to move back to Prague.  I am Scottish, the other half is Czceh and we lived together there for six months before moving to Ireland - we have been here for the last two years now.

I found this site while looking at Moveable Type for my own personal blog and I thought I would give it a go for this subject only - Our Move to Prague.

At first I was exicited and now I am thinking - oh my god what am I doing - I don't speak Czech - the lessons will start in Sep after out last big holiday before the move.  Now I work mostly on the internet so that part is flexible - lets give it a bash and see what happens.

So this blog is somewhere away from the crowd to post about all the problems and issues I will run into getting ready to move and the moving itself.