I finally have time to update this blog and nothing interesting is happening. Oh, I somehow missed the new Czech government and Czech exit from the world cup, but that's really rather dull. When I say nothing is happening I mean nothing with interesting linguistic or cultural implications. The summer months are notoriously slow newswise - Czech has a term for this: okurková sezóna - ĺiterally 'cucumber season'. Let's hope things pick up soon. In England, this period is often refered to as the Silly Season characterized by stories of the "Dog bites man" variety (for which Czechs have no idiomatic equivalent). Another interesting bit is the fact, that the Czech cucumber season is a little longer: i.e. all of summer, as opposed to, mainly August in English speaking countries.