How to prep your car for an extended time in
storage (two articles).
How to prepare your house for an extended
absence.
AAA
International Driving Permit Application
Apartment Ads:
We had great success
shipping our things over with Rinkens International (www.rinkens.com). Here are some other movers and shipping
companies:
Nature reserves in the Czech
Republic:
U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic
Free Internet providers:
Volny (in English)
Tiscali (in Czech)
http://www.muselik.com/e.mag/czech/toc.html
Czech Republic fact sheet -
extremely useful, information on all the aspects in the country (Czech Info
Center).
Czech Republic fact sheet
comparable to the above-mentioned web page.
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~sever/CZECH_FAQ/Czech-toc.html
Czech Republic FAQ with many
useful links.
Government
http://www.czech.cz/washington
Czech Embassy in Washington,
DC: Czech presence in the U.S., Czech republic Info, "Czech the News"
embassy newsletter, consular and visa advisory, events at the Embassy,
Czech-related events in the U.S., as well as a number of other useful links.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Czech Republic: news, consular and visa questions, basic facts about the
Czech Republic (political system, economic issues, history, culture, etc.)
Prague castle with the
following sub-headings: President, Office of the President, Prague Castle
Administration, Information about the Castle.
Government of the Czech
Republic: Office of the Government, Government councils, committees,
commissions.
Chamber of Deputies of the
Czech Parliament: members, committees, parliamentary clubs, documents, office
of the Parliament.
Senate of the Czech
Parliament: senators, commissions, documents, information.
Constitutional Court of the
Czech Republic.
Links to the web sites of
many cities and regions in the Czech Republic.
Prague City Administration:
maps of the City, City districts, new from the City administration, City
transportation hints.
Brno City info server: General information
(Some
more web pages are in Czech but easy to follow with a dictionary: http://more.at/brno ,
http://www.inbrno.cz , http://www.seznam-brno.cz/
http://www.cuni.cz/ Charles University, Prague
http://www.muni.cz/ Masaryk University, Brno
http://www.upol.cz/ Palacký University, Olomouc
http://www.jcu.cz/ University of South Bohemia, České
Budějovice
http://www.zcu.cz/ University of West Bohemia, Plzeň
http://www.ujep.cz/ University of J. E. Purkyně,
Ústí n. Labem
http://www.osu.cz/ Ostrava University, Ostrava
http://www.slu.cz/ Silesian University, Opava
http://www.vfu.cz/ University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Brno
http://www.vse.cz/ University of Economics, Prague
http://www.vsp.cz/ Higher School of Teacher Training, Hradec Králové
http://www.upce.cz/ University of Pardubice, Pardubice
http://www.cvut.cz/ Czech Technical University, Prague
http://www.vutbr.cz/ Technical University in Brno
http://www.vscht.cz/ University of Chemical Technology, Prague
http://www.vsb.cz/ Technical University of Mining and Metallurgy, Ostrava
http://www.vslib.cz/ Technical University, Liberec
http://www.czu.cz/ Czech University of Agriculture, Prague
http://www.vszbr.cz/ Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Brno
http://www.h.amu.cz/ Academy of Performing Arts, Prague
http://www.avu.cz/ Academy of Fine Arts, Prague
http://www.vsup.cz/ Academy of Arts, Architecture and Industrial Design,
Prague
http://www.jamu.cz/ Janáček Academy of Music
and Dramatic Arts, Brno
http://www.utb.cz/ Tomáš Baťa
University, Zlín
http://www.cas.cz/ Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and links to its individual research institutes
CzechInvest, an agency of the Czech Ministry of Industry and
Trade: investment opportunities in the Czech Republic, investment background
information, data on Czech economy.
Economic Chamber of the
Czech Republic: Chamber services including international links.
Prague Stock Exchange.
Czech National Bank: daily
exchange rates of the Czech crown.
http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/
Czech News Agency with a
number of excellent links to Czech publications and organization.
Prague Post, English-language
weekly: relocation information, tourist information, local and regional news,
cultural events, etc.
Radio Prague Czech links
(arts & humanities, business & investment, computing & internet,
education, entertainment, general information, life & style, news &
references, radio links, shopping, sports & recreation, travel)
Central European news,
information, and links.
National Museum of the Czech
Republic: history of the museum, information on permanent and traveling
exhibits, magazines and publications, concerts and lectures, links to other major
Prague museums and historical sites.
National Gallery in Prague:
museum's art collections, current and previous exhibitions.
National Library of the
Czech Republic.
Czech Museum of Fine Arts in
Prague: museum's art collections and exhibits.
http://www.jewishmuseum.cz
Jewish Museum in Prague:
exhibitions, news, education and cultural center, visitor information.
National Theater in Prague:
tickets, information and history of the Theater.
Prague Spring Music
Festival: program and venues.
Ticket sales and program of cultural
events in the Czech Republic as well as useful links to tourist information
services.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/eur/cze.htm
Guide to the Czech Republic
published by Lonely Planet.
Czech Airlines: time tables,
air tickets online.
Train and bus time tables.
Full catalogue of hotels in
the Czech Republic with hotel pictures, description, prices, and location maps
(many prices are at a discount found only via this web site).
Prague Information Service:
Tourist information, translation and interpretation services, tours and
excursions, etc.
Sports
in Brno (Sportovní kluby – Sport clubs, Sportovní odvětví – Different sports, Sportovní
zařízení – Sport facilities, Turistické
možnosti – Hiking)
http://www.brno-venkov.cz/gb/main.htm
Brno
district
http://www.volny.cz/brno-prehrada/
Brno
dam and surroundings
http://www.mujweb.cz/www/Morkras/
Moravian
Karst
http://www.jizni-morava.cz/aj/obsah.html
South Moravia region
Czech-language search
engine.
Telephone directory to the Czech
Republic: search by name, city, address, or business.
Some real estate agencies.
Job listing in the Czech
Republic.