{"id":25492,"date":"2014-12-04T17:13:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=25492"},"modified":"2014-12-01T06:13:33","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T04:13:33","slug":"check-the-czechs-in-the-heart-of-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2014\/12\/04\/check-the-czechs-in-the-heart-of-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Check the Czechs in the Heart of Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

An amazing group of 23 participants arrived in Prague at the beginning of August to spend the 12 most amazing days of their summer in the Heart of Europe during the Summer University \u201eCheck the Czechs vol. 12\u00b0 REVIVAL\u201c. Heart attack in the heart of Europe from all that adventures they lived through? Let\u2019s see! Here we go for the ride through Czech culture without a moment to breath.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Prague is famous for its historical buildings, beautiful parks and romantic spots. Awesome places to breath in the spirit of \u201eMother Prague\u201c all around, but it\u2019s not only that. Prague is full of beauties that push you \u201etry me, try me\u201c without stopping even if you don\u2019t know about them. And then it is there\u2026 BOOOM! A nuclear bunker with communist artifacts from the Cold War. Everybody playing with old uniforms and guess what the girls loved most. Of course \u2013 the old guns.<\/p>\n

The reputation of Prague\u2019s night life is simply undisputed and just imagine that: 30 crazy guys\u2026 dressed like in the Great Gatsby movie. Oh yeah! That was our suit up party that made the club even shinier and impossible to close with so many crazy people spreading their enthusiasm everywhere they stepped. What next\u2026 I know! Fred Flintstone, clown, cow, horse, boxer and others coming into the club with charm and grace, making the dance floor crack. The karaoke night revealed a lot. Great talents and girls changing into rock stars and screaming into the microphone \u2013 oh yeeeeah, babe! Hearts of participants were slowly, but surely changing the Czech way, the highlight of the program was coming \u2013 the canoeing trip!<\/p>\n

What to do to be the real Czech?<\/p>\n

Rule No. 1: Whenever there is a boat passing, shout AHOOOOOJ!<\/p>\n

Rule No. 2: Have enough alcoholic liquids to share with your captains or other boats.<\/p>\n

Rule No. 3: Turn upside down with the boat. Why? Just for the fun of it.<\/p>\n

The Czech spirit was on. The biggest challenge during the canoeing trip might have been the bad weather the first day, but AEGEE spirit heated our hearts and everybody was paddling like an experienced pirate\u2026. AHOOOOJ!<\/p>\n

Czech, Check, Czech. So what? So let\u2019s Czech the Czechs! The Czech night unveiled not only typical Czech food and drinks, but mostly the desire of Czechs to put things on fire. Don\u2019t worry, it was only absinth shining around before being drank. No injuries or hallucination: just VERY happy faces. Czech wave continues \u2013 wanna go for a ride in an old-school \u0160koda car? Ooops, the ones in the museum didn\u2019t work, but the new models were being made in front of our eyes on the assembly line in Mlad\u00e1 Boleslav \u2013 just the last piece and we were ready to jump in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>How many gold is there in the Czech Republic? They say a lot. Beer, the liquid treasure, accompanied us literally EVERYWHERE so what is the best way to face it? Learn how to craft a beer. Mission was accomplished in the city of THE beer Plze\u0148, where the chief brewer of Pilsner Urquell uncovered the best secret \u2013 how to craft a perfect beer.<\/p>\n

Czech way or another, after all those beers, polka dances, brutal Easter traditions or overturns in a canoe, all participants found at least a small piece of Czech inside them.<\/p>\n

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Written by Lucie Z\u00e1gorov\u00e1 and Milena Jurigov\u00e1 (AEGEE-Praha)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An amazing group of 23 participants arrived in Prague at the beginning of August to spend the 12 most amazing days of their summer in the Heart of Europe during the Summer University \u201eCheck the Czechs vol. 12\u00b0 REVIVAL\u201c. Heart attack in the heart of Europe from all that adventures they lived through? Let\u2019s see! Here we go for the… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":25495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[5,17],"tags":[628,38,42],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25492"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27205,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25492\/revisions\/27205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}