Saturday 18 November 2006

Somewhere in between the preparation...



... we have realised that it is just one month before the journey. We will be leaving on 21th December for Christmas holidays to see our families and 28th December is the magic date, when we´ll get into the plane and will fly to Bangkok... Almost all is prepared! Which gives me a huge relief! As Pedro is saying I care too much and should relax, but when I see our to-do list getting shorter, I can sleep easier again! I know a woman:)

So all the visas are done and I had a very dificult experience at the Canadian embassy in Prague, which drove me almost crazy and we have almost decided not to visit Canada, but the clever people decided afterwards they will allow me to see the Niagara falls from the other side (which is apparently the best spot to make a photo - so look forward)
We are in the middle of packing and preparing the flat to sublet. So we had to get our lovely birds to my parents. Moc moc moc dekuju, ze se o ne postarate. Doufam, ze nebudou moc zlobit. Ale jsou to zlaticka, ze jo? So a lovely photo for us not to forget and for others to see how they are gorgeous. May be my parents will put some nice and interesting comments about them (hopefully not in the English style :-)
And the last thing, we have to to prepare, but gives a big pleasure, is our house -leaving party. Even my lovely sis will come over and help us to empty our bar:) ... So for the people who can´t make it, wait for some update.
Anyway... will leave you alone now as I am going to read something more about Malaysia. It looks just great, but all this you will be able to read later on. Cross fingers for us:)

Friday 17 November 2006

Somewhere in France...

Unbelievable! It is true...! Our 9 months sabbatical leave was approved and we will be leaving soon on our dream journey Around The World... Sounds just great and we were (and are) so happy about it, but afterwards you just start thinking, what all has to be done before the trip (or it is more me who starts thinking...:-) Before letting you know all of this, the most important decision was of course our itinerary and it took us some time to combine it all, but... we successed and all is done:
Bangkok(to celebrate New Year's Eve) - travel around Thailand - across to Cambodia for couple of days - by train to Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) - Singapore - take a plane to Australia (travel with caravan a bit around) - New Zealand (both islands) - Hong Kong - Makau (visit Pedro's family - no they are not Chinese:-) - by bus/train across China (to Shanghai - Beijing)- take a plane to South Korea (mainly Seoul) - Japan - Honolulu (just to remember what beach is) - US: San Francisco (hire car - and go through US: Los Angeles, San Diego, New Orleans, Miami.... New York....) - Canada - and back home!
=> I guess - it doesnt't sound so bad!
I have decided to let you know little bit what is going to happen with us on our journey, how we prepared for it and how is it going so far. All will be in English (as a mutual language) , but - nekdy si budu muset ulevit a napsat taky neco cesky (sorry!, can't help myself sometimes:-)... We will post pictures, stories and we hope you will let us know as well that you miss us! and you look forward when we will be back:) So for introduction I guess this is enough. I will do my best to update this as much as possible... be patient with me....