Hair coloring can be an art. But sometimes it’s just work, diligence, sacrifice, and a routine

Interview with Mary, a professional hair colorist from Prague Not everyone would consider hair care an art, but professional hairdressers today are not just handymen with scissors. It’s a craft that has many branches and techniques, coloring being just one of them. Professional colorists are people, whose job is to bring a little more fun Read More

Goodbye Munich? More like see you again Munich!

It will be only a few weeks (more like days) until I pack my bags, add some bottled beers as a present, and say my final goodbye to Munich. This farewell post is a great way to look back at my time here, which I am doing right now as I am sitting in a Read More

Fairy tale Christmas Markets in Vienna. Are Czechs Tired of ChristmasMarkets at Home?

Many visitors to Vienna come to warm themselves with a hot punch under the Vienna CityHall. Among them are many Czechs, for whom visiting the Christmas markets in Vienna hasbecome an annual activity, some may say tradition. Set to explore a few of the popularChristmas markets, even I did not resist this year and visited Read More

Meet Rokhaya: her experience with labeling and combining different interests

„I don´t think there will come a time when people will stop labeling me based on my background. At least not anytime soon,” says Rokhaya in our video call from Munich to London as she sits in her bed on a lazy Sunday morning, which we spent together talking about identity, dance, fashion, physical therapy, Read More

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone! My name is Bety and I am from the Czech republic. (Actually, my full name is Alžběta, but nobody calls me by that name, except for my mom when she is mad at me.)  I grew up in a big household in a small town in the suburbs of Prague, a city in Read More