Switzerland Internship

Farewell wega

Jan Tichava — Thu, 07 Jan 2016 19:04:28 +0000

I wasn’t writing here on this blog about my work, except my first day at new work. I would like to dedicate one blog post just for the company and fantastic people who are working there. At first, I should mention, which company it was, because I didn’t mention it on this blog yet. I

Last day

Jan Tichava — Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:05:58 +0000

My internship is unfortunately over; maximal length of 18 months was reached in the end of November 2015 and I left Switzerland on Tuesday 15th December 2015. Now, I’m back in the Czech Republic. I had really great time in Switzerland and I met there amazing people from all around the world. I must thank

The Last Day? Not Yet!

Jan Tichava — Fri, 29 May 2015 06:00:13 +0000

Today passed exactly 1 year since I came to Switzerland. I arrived here last year on Thursday 29th May 2014. If you read my blog regularly, you must know that originally I should be here for only 6 months. Then I’ve extended my internship to 1 year. The latest news is I extended my internship

Driving like a Swiss

Jan Tichava — Sat, 09 May 2015 19:13:27 +0000

If you stay in Switzerland more than 12 moths, you have to exchange your national driving license to Swiss one otherwise you’re not allowed to drive a car here. It’s necessary to exchange it before this 12 months period pass – you will simply exchange the driving license. If you do it after, you must

Basler Fasnacht – Carnival of Basel

Jan Tichava — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 21:31:42 +0000

Basler Fasnacht is annual event here in Basel. It is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and starts on Monday after Ash Wednesday – this year was from 23rd February to 26th February 2015. Interesting and funny fact is, this carnival starts at exactly 4:00 in the morning with the fourth chime of St. Martin’s church

How I went to Geneve Motor Show twice

Jan Tichava — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 17:48:41 +0000

I was looking forward to Genève Motor Show very long time and my plan was drive there this Saturday in the morning. I woke up at about 5 AM and at about 6 AM I went to my car to be in Genève on time. When I reached my car, I tried to unlock it

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks

Jan Tichava — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 15:59:33 +0000

… or maybe you can? Our company is usually organizing each January winter weekend in the mountains somewhere in Switzerland. This event was last weekend in Flims – ski resort Laax. Like summer event, also winter is for employees and their families. After some discussion, we already in December agreed with my girlfriend we will

Trip to the Czech Republic

Jan Tichava — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:43:13 +0000

I moved to Switzerland in the end of May 2014. Since I’m here, I went back to the Czech Republic only three times. For the first time, after a month, in the end of June, just because I had to go to the dentist. Second visit was almost after long 5 months in Switzerland in

I’m going… to stay

Jan Tichava — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 12:04:11 +0000

My internship was from June 2014 to November 2014, but this time was very short and 5 months are already gone. I like Switzerland and I don’t want to leave this country and this city, so I managed to extend my internship here till May 2015. When I came with this request to my boss,

Ich Bin Krank

Jan Tichava — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:48:58 +0000

I’m sick for the first time in Switzerland. I’m not sure, when I caught it, it might be just combination of more things and sick colleague in my office was just the last thing. I thought it’s just something like common cold, so I tried to cure it at home and went to work on

Trains and Velos

Jan Tichava — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:45:33 +0000

Cyclists Not the most, but a lot of cyclists are riding their bikes with lights on even during day – that’s great, you see cyclist much better as driver and also as pedestrian. I must also repeat that cyclists are here nice and respectful to the others and also to traffic code. I think, it

Drivers and Driving

Jan Tichava — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:18:23 +0000

We were travelling around Switzerland to see beauty of “everything”. Switzerland has nice trains, but we travelled mostly by car, because it’s probably the cheapest way to move around. Public transport is quite expensive, for example train from Basel to Zurich costs 32 CHF and there is no return discount, so return ticket costs 64

Thanks for the Memory

Jan Tichava — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 16:18:42 +0000

I’m still alive and I’m still in Switzerland, but I didn’t have enough time to write here. We made some travelling around and now, I should have some time to summarize it. Just wait and look forward for more posts, meanwhile you can check my new photo gallery: http://photos.tichava.cz/.

Feeling Blue? Hell No!

Jan Tichava — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 11:56:34 +0000

What do I miss in Switzerland? Well, not so much. The most of all, I miss my girlfriend, who lives in the Czech Republic. Thankfully modern technologies, we can see each other on Skype, but it’s not the same, as she is next to me. Drive to the Czech Republic on each weekend is exhausting

Swiss German – Schweizerdeutsch – Schwizertitsch

Jan Tichava — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 19:44:20 +0000

Switzerland has four official languages: German, French, Italian and Romansh. The largest part of Switzerland speaks German; well, two kinds of German are used: Swiss German and High German. High German is official language and is used in newspapers, TV, etc., but Swiss German is commonly used by people. High German is taught at schools,

Better Than Life

Jan Tichava — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:43:39 +0000

I have a small addition to previous post about taxes in Switzerland, well in Basel-Stadt. Everything is of course true, but I have some other interesting points. Taxes Again On Wednesday, I was talking with some locals and also foreigners, who moved to Basel, so they have experience as well from other countries. Taxes in

Back to Reality

Jan Tichava — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:46:57 +0000

I had exciting discussion about Swiss life with the locals. Some things I knew, but majority of these new information were new and very interesting. Hopefully, I understood everything correctly. Taxes On the first sign, taxes are in Switzerland quite low and not so much complicated, but contrary is the case. Well, I saw mainly

Europe According to Switzerland

Jan Tichava — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 21:20:09 +0000

Unscheduled Maintenance

Jan Tichava — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 20:22:53 +0000

Today, I had the first visit of my landlord because of some issues. Normally, I would not mention this, but it was slightly funny after all. Bathroom’s fluorescent lamp was malfunctioning, sometimes was glowing, sometimes not – it was like 50:50. I was also missing plug for the sink in the kitchen and the last

Everything Is Great

Jan Tichava — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 16:39:23 +0000

I would like to follow up last post, which was a bit negative and now, I want to highlight nice things here in Basel. It’s Small Basel is really small by area. In contrast to Pilsen, I can easily and quite fast walk from everywhere to everywhere. Slow Life Most people are not in a