Sunday, January 25, 2009

Trip to Brussels

It feels weird when you have to travel by plane if you want to go for a coffee with a friend :)



I had so much fun being with Jiřka and Jirka again. I didn't laugh that much for ages. It was a perfect weekend: just resting in cafes, a bit of sightseeing, tasting Belgian beers...

Anyway, the biggest learning point for me is that traveling really is easy. I know it sounds stupid but for me this was the first time flying within the EU. My experience so far was:
- being guarded by two soldiers with machine guns in Macedonia
- bribing immigration officers in Tajikistan to issue visa for more than 2 weeks
- not being allowed to step on the German ground before proving to be EU citizen, again uniforms and weapons present (flight from Tajikistan)
- landing at Prague airport on the day of the highest terrorist attack threat ever, policemen and heavy armoured cars present (flight from Egypt, full of Arabs)
Really, this was the first time I did not come with some kind of suspicious flight, first time literally nobody cared, first time nobody told me "welcome back home, miss". For a moment it made me nervous how easy it was this time because with all the previous experience I always expect a major fuck-up behind the corner :)

Sunday, January 18, 2009

On hold


It has been already two weeks since I put all my plans for 2009 on hold. I hate keeping the secrets. I hate pretending that nothing is happening. And I hate waiting. It's all so tiring. I need to know the results soon.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Travel plans

I missed traveling last year. Sure, I did some trips: I was in Hungary twice (visiting Zuzana in Budapest and conference by Balaton lake), I spent 4 hours in Austria and 1 day in Germany (Dresden). Overall a poor result. Generally, I was too busy with my life in Prague (and Vsetín, Znojmo, Olomouc, Hranice, Ostrava and other Czech cities where my job brought me).

Anyway, this year is a promise to compensate my traveling deprivation :) What's on the list so far:
Brussels - January (the ticket booked)
London + Swindon - March (the ticket booked)
Kiev - summer
London + Swindon - once again sometimes in autumn
I also hope to go to Moscow, but that is rather a dream than a plan.

Thursday, January 01, 2009

Happy new year 2009

(To live happier every day!)