A Little Bit of Czech in Texas

West, TX is a small town that is not located in west Texas, but rather in central Texas. This small town has a Czech community that is proud of their heritage.
Here at the Little Czech Bakery you can buy some Czech Pastries. Some of them look Czech and some of them look like Americanized Czech. They do use more sugar here in America than they do in the Czech Republic, which is a good thing.

At the Czech Stop, which next to the Czech bakery, they sell bumper stickers that say, "Jak se mas" (How are you) and "Got Pivo" (Got Beer). Two years ago that wouldn't have meant anything to me.

The symbol in the middle is the national symbol of the Czech Republic. It is printed on all the coins.

It warmed my heart seeing this small piece of Czech culture. Even though I am happy to be in Texas and around family and friends, I still miss being in Prague.