My morning

Today I decided to have a nice morning. The sun was shining, Indian summer was here. So I decided to start my day by walking in a park right next to my flat. It was so amazing - just walking along the river, enjoying trees, sun, quiet and sun. It was the best decision I could make.

13 in 12 challenge

Do you have a vision? I finally have it!!! Well, honestly I would rather call it challenge...

In my lovely organisation called AIESEC we discuss "vision in my life" very often. Sometimes it makes me feeling annoyed a bit as I did not have it defined. I talked about that with my lovely "Mystery Friend" and his opinion was vision does not have to be something huge and unreachable. He simply asked me how many countries I want to visit. I just replied I did not know. His response to this was: "What about visiting 13 countries in 12 months?" I must say first reaction coming to my mind was "WHAT???" "Are you crazy?" But what I really told allowed was: "Why not?"

So now I am making my plans to fulfill this challenge. I have no idea where to find money for it (as now I am absolutelly out of money). I have no idea how I will manage my university studies (as I am in 5th class and there is writing diploma thesis and master exams in front of me). I have no idea if I will succeed. In any case I will do my best and try.

Summer 2007 is definitely over. I must say it was the best summer I can remember. After 7 years full of summer job this summer I did not have any job. I just enjoyed, met many new people, traveled, got inspired - simply gained a big experience. I would like - here and now - thank all people who I met this summer and who helped to make it so special. THANK YOU. I will remember you because I do not want forget you.

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Mark Twain

My Turkey

I spent two wonderful weeks in Turkey in August. Wanna read more about it? Here we go:-) I have a crazy Mystery Friend - originally Slovak, currently in Pakistan. The only chance to meet him within a year was to go to Turkey where IC (AIESEC International Congress) was organized this year (you probably have heard about Mohammad and a mountain, haven´t you?:)

I must say I was very lucky. I applied for facilitating at You Can (another AIESEC conference) in Turkey to get to Turkey to see my Mystery Friend and was selected. In the same time I got an offer for accommodation in Istanbul from my Turkish friend Burak who I met in ITC. My Mystery Friend got visa at the very last moment so he could come to see me. And this was only a beginning of amazing days which were about to come.

First day me and my Mystery Friend decided to discover Istanbul ourselves. We spent a very nice time walking by Istanbul streets, admiring mosques, having a rest in parks, enjoying tea and fresh squeezed juice, discovering Grand Bazaar, having Turkish food and simply enjoying moments of a beautiful day.

In the evening we met our host Akin, one of the most hospitable and helpfull persons I have ever met. We have not meet ever before and he was so nice to take us to his flat, prepare Turkish meal for us, take us to many lovely places, help us to overcome challenges that appeared and simply said contributed to make my time spent in Istanbul very special and unforgettable. I will never forget your help Akin and will be happy to welcome you in the Czech Republic once.

Next day me, my Mystery Friend and Akin went by ship to Princess Island and had a nice trip there:) We climbed a high hill in the biggest heat to reach a top and to be appraised by beer - at least guys - and by a wonderful view on Istanbul. I liked that place a lot because there were not any cars just horse traps, nice nature, sunny weather, sea and two guys I like a lot:-)

After a few days in Istanbul it was a time to move to Bursa to become a part of You Can. Wanna know more details about my faci experience in this conference? Read HERE.

Croatia

So at the age of 23 finally even I spent my holidays by the sea. As I am Czech of course it had to be Croatia - one of the most popular summer country to go for Czechs.

Me and my mum stayed in a small family hotel in Vodice. Seems to me may be this summer was extremely hot in Croatia but not week we spent there.Temperature was not so high, it was windy and cloudy and water in sea? Well, very clear so you could see the bottom but so cold. And when I say I mean cold. Not many people were so brave to swim.

I should not forget delicious fruits bought fresh every day at a fruit market, tasty pastry and of course ice-cream - so many flavours and such big portions, mmm... Also surrounding was nice. Harbour with ships ready to take owners or tourists for trips, typical stone houses with very narrow streets like designed for lovers and of course many cafés and restarants inviting you to have a rest and have something good and souvenir shops inviting you to spend money.

Now back home I am just courious where my next holidays will be and who I will spend them with. I am already looking forward. PHOTOS.

Double AIESEC Visit at My Home

On Sunday 22nd July 2007 me and my family had a very nice and special guest. I invited Bo from China to come and he accepted. Bo is a Chinese AIESECer who spends summer 07 in AIESEC Ostrava and stays with me and my friends in our flat. When Bo arrived, firstly we visited my home to get to know my family and have lunch. It was very nice to see how Bo was amazed by almost everything which is so common for me. Of course he had to taste our homemade slivovitz and get a bottle as a gift. Of course whole my family now has names written in Chinese.

Then I took him to Luhačovice, biggest Moravian spa, for some sightseeing. We tasted some mineral springs and spa waffels which Bo first considered as plates and then made stupid jokes that Czech people eat plates. In the evening Bo went back to Ostrava as he had some business appointement on Monday.

On Monday another AIESEC guest was expected to come. It was Petra, very nice girl and a good friend of mine. I decided to meet my cousin and her boyfriend, too. So we all met in a very nice restaurant Racek in Luhačovice (owned by my friends) and had some good meal and chat together. Then me and Petra went to my house. We had BBQ with my family and then long girls´talk while enjoying nice summer evening and a bottle of wine. Next day we both went for AIESEC conference.