So monday was the end of our canoe trip :( which meant more goodbyes...
Josh Hurd, Meagan, Vanessa and I headed out pretty early with Satan who dropped us in Třebič to catch a train. Train was fun.. saying goodbye to meagan and josh wasnt..
Most of the week was dedicated to getting better actually.. monday ended with rest, tuesday I did some packing and later went to Víteks with Hanka, Wednesday I went for coffee with Vanessa at or favorite spot one last time, Thursday I hung out with Vítek for a bit and later made a quick trip to the mall (his choice, I was surprised until I relised that we were going to look at sports equipment. lol.. but we had a great time :) Oh and I bought bang!! its the card game that I played a bunch in the Alps that was pretty much amazing!!), Friday I went out to stodolní with Vanessa and two of her friends and later helped her pack and kept her company on her last night in the country. Long over run sentence... but it covers the entire week.. We didnt have school this past week so the mornings were quite relaxing
In the wee hours of saturday, I accopanied Vanessa and her family to the airport for the big send off (crazy to think mine is coming soon),everything went smoothly and she has since landed safely and having a jolly ol´time at home.
Since i was sick and didnt have any sleep on Friday night nor much on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday I was on a bit of house arrest. Sleep, tea and soup. Sunday night i was showing signs of recovery and went out with Vítek, Adam and Eva, Mírek and Barča. We went out to a čajovna for some tea and a game of bang with vodarna. Vítek, Adam and I went out after the čajovna to a local spot and did some catching up aswell. Always nice staying in the loop.
IT HAS BEEN RAINING ALL WEEK!!!!! not just a drizzle but a full on its-raining-its-pouring sort of thing.. its terrible! Will not miss this weather. hope its nice and sunny when i get home :)
I gotta go, im just on my way out.. but see you in 9 days!!!
crazy eh?!
Anna
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
June week 2
So week two :)
Lately I´ve been making a special effort to wake up every morning with a smile on my face and positivity in my mind, and its been working fantasticly.
Monday I started the day with no plans and ended up chatting with friends I havent seen in ages and going for crepes and coffee with Vanessa and Josh. OH and i almost forgot Vítek and I went to grandmas for a visit. :) YAY! Started off as a sunny day and stayed glorious throughout! Thank you positivity!
Tuesday was a nice relaxing day. School in the morning, cooking in the afternoon, documentaries in the evening and a quick stop at the shop to pick up a few things for the thursday afternoon get-together planned with Josh and Vanessa. Nice, sunny, relaxing day :)
Wednesday was a bit of a slow day. The weather was a little wet and I was packing all day. downer... Not for home, though it was a good start, but Im moving up stairs and living in my host sisters room (shes currently in the states on exchange) since our grandparents are moving in next week (they will live here while the richtars are on their month long vacation in the states) and they will be staying in what is currently my room. Anyway.. I had wednesday to move all my stuff and in the end it all went smoothly. Later, Josh and I headed to our last Rotary meeting together. It was actually quite nice. We gave short presentation (improv, since we werent aware that we were to do one.. kind of hindered the quality, but they loved hearing our attempt) and said our thank yous to everyone. Then I headed home to start packing for our canoe trip.
Thursday was great!!!! After school I whipped up a fruit flan for Vítek ( as an early happy name day present, since I´ll be on the canoe trip for ´his´ day) then Josh and Vanessa came over for our Tye Dyeing party!!! YAY! it was soo much fun. Ive never tye dyed befoe and surely will again :) We each dyed a shirt and they all turned out super!! Later, sporting my new tye dye shirt I went to Víteks to give him the flan, show him my shirt and grab a cup of tea. I love our chats :) Great day!!!
Friday Vanessa and I head off on the canoe trip which was super exciting, but had to leave josh behind. He´s flying home on Saturday so today were our final goodbyes. Originally we were going to have the big goodbye on thursday, but none of us were ready, so Ness and I planned to take a later train and meet up with josh for an hour today. It was hard to say goodbye to Josh. Hes like a little brother to me, we dont always see eye to eye but Ive spent so much time with him, we´ve had so many heart to hearts.. and I respect him so much.. Im going to try next year to keep better contact with people for sure... Im known to not be very good at it, as im sure you can notice by this blogs frequency... but im going to work on it. So Vanessa and I headed off on our 5 hr train ride in hopes to find a happier front.. so our 5hr turned into a 7.5 hr... we kinda hopped on the wrong train.. but anyway we got there alright. it was great getting to see everyone again.
Saturday was fantastic! Oh my goodness.. so rachel and I were boat partners and we rocked the river let me tell you. It was soo cute, she knows so many disney songs it made for a musical journey :) The weather was absolutely perfect, we could not have asked for a nicer day and the nature... to die for .. absolutely gorgeous. WOW. hahaha and there were some little rapids along the way which really picked things up. im really happy that i went :)
Sunday man was I sore on sunday... but we were all so excited to get back in the boats. Another glorious day on the Sázava. We were all a little bit better about keeping hydrated and applying the spf since we felt the heat so much the day before, and its a good thing too since it was toasty. hahahaha omg there was this raccoon at our lunch stop, it was an attraction in a cage, soo sad, but he had the biggest buddah belly ive ever seen! Like oh my goodness.. it was rediculous. But canoeing was fantastic yet again. I didnt realise how much i missed padling. I really love being out on the water, its an incredible feeling. I think i will definitely go back to it once back home. So lots of fun :) It was fantastic having more than one night with everyone, we had tons of fun and the memories are priceless.
So im one week closer to my flight home and i dont really know how i feel about it all. On one hand im ready to see my friends and family and have summer in penticton nut on the other hand, ive really come to love my town and my friends, both exchangees and czechs... and i dont want to leave them behind.. I guess its all part of the process and with each goodbye reality is starting to hit.. whether im ready for it or not. All i know is that this year has been great, im forever thankful for everyone who ahs been a part of it and helped it come to be. Thanks
anna xoxoxo
Lately I´ve been making a special effort to wake up every morning with a smile on my face and positivity in my mind, and its been working fantasticly.
Monday I started the day with no plans and ended up chatting with friends I havent seen in ages and going for crepes and coffee with Vanessa and Josh. OH and i almost forgot Vítek and I went to grandmas for a visit. :) YAY! Started off as a sunny day and stayed glorious throughout! Thank you positivity!
Tuesday was a nice relaxing day. School in the morning, cooking in the afternoon, documentaries in the evening and a quick stop at the shop to pick up a few things for the thursday afternoon get-together planned with Josh and Vanessa. Nice, sunny, relaxing day :)
Wednesday was a bit of a slow day. The weather was a little wet and I was packing all day. downer... Not for home, though it was a good start, but Im moving up stairs and living in my host sisters room (shes currently in the states on exchange) since our grandparents are moving in next week (they will live here while the richtars are on their month long vacation in the states) and they will be staying in what is currently my room. Anyway.. I had wednesday to move all my stuff and in the end it all went smoothly. Later, Josh and I headed to our last Rotary meeting together. It was actually quite nice. We gave short presentation (improv, since we werent aware that we were to do one.. kind of hindered the quality, but they loved hearing our attempt) and said our thank yous to everyone. Then I headed home to start packing for our canoe trip.
Thursday was great!!!! After school I whipped up a fruit flan for Vítek ( as an early happy name day present, since I´ll be on the canoe trip for ´his´ day) then Josh and Vanessa came over for our Tye Dyeing party!!! YAY! it was soo much fun. Ive never tye dyed befoe and surely will again :) We each dyed a shirt and they all turned out super!! Later, sporting my new tye dye shirt I went to Víteks to give him the flan, show him my shirt and grab a cup of tea. I love our chats :) Great day!!!
Friday Vanessa and I head off on the canoe trip which was super exciting, but had to leave josh behind. He´s flying home on Saturday so today were our final goodbyes. Originally we were going to have the big goodbye on thursday, but none of us were ready, so Ness and I planned to take a later train and meet up with josh for an hour today. It was hard to say goodbye to Josh. Hes like a little brother to me, we dont always see eye to eye but Ive spent so much time with him, we´ve had so many heart to hearts.. and I respect him so much.. Im going to try next year to keep better contact with people for sure... Im known to not be very good at it, as im sure you can notice by this blogs frequency... but im going to work on it. So Vanessa and I headed off on our 5 hr train ride in hopes to find a happier front.. so our 5hr turned into a 7.5 hr... we kinda hopped on the wrong train.. but anyway we got there alright. it was great getting to see everyone again.
Saturday was fantastic! Oh my goodness.. so rachel and I were boat partners and we rocked the river let me tell you. It was soo cute, she knows so many disney songs it made for a musical journey :) The weather was absolutely perfect, we could not have asked for a nicer day and the nature... to die for .. absolutely gorgeous. WOW. hahaha and there were some little rapids along the way which really picked things up. im really happy that i went :)
Sunday man was I sore on sunday... but we were all so excited to get back in the boats. Another glorious day on the Sázava. We were all a little bit better about keeping hydrated and applying the spf since we felt the heat so much the day before, and its a good thing too since it was toasty. hahahaha omg there was this raccoon at our lunch stop, it was an attraction in a cage, soo sad, but he had the biggest buddah belly ive ever seen! Like oh my goodness.. it was rediculous. But canoeing was fantastic yet again. I didnt realise how much i missed padling. I really love being out on the water, its an incredible feeling. I think i will definitely go back to it once back home. So lots of fun :) It was fantastic having more than one night with everyone, we had tons of fun and the memories are priceless.
So im one week closer to my flight home and i dont really know how i feel about it all. On one hand im ready to see my friends and family and have summer in penticton nut on the other hand, ive really come to love my town and my friends, both exchangees and czechs... and i dont want to leave them behind.. I guess its all part of the process and with each goodbye reality is starting to hit.. whether im ready for it or not. All i know is that this year has been great, im forever thankful for everyone who ahs been a part of it and helped it come to be. Thanks
anna xoxoxo
Sunday, June 7, 2009
June- week 1
So I figured this being my last month and all that I should keep you all updated a little better than i have been in the past few months, so im going back to weekly posts (hopefully) and i think iˇll post one for my first week back just to summarise how the switch back to home life is going. But anyways.. getting back to whats is up:
The month started in Česky Krumlov as all of us exchange students were saying the first of our many goodbyes.. :( and all hopping on our various trains to head home.. all a little disgruntled that the proposed canoe trip was canceled due to un favorable weather conditions.. On a happier note we devised a plan to meet in telč two days later !!
So Vanessa and I, determined to get a little more travel in since the trip was canceled, hopped on the bus with Kayla and Karmin destined for Česky Budijovice, a town neither of us had seen very much of. though all of us were a little tired after the previous nights "wakefest" we managed to pull ourselves together and head out for a bite to eat. We headed out with hopes of indian and after being crushed by the closed sign, found a fantastic pizza place that had falafel!!!!! YUMMY! Literally one of the cheapest things on the menu was a falafel wrap with lettuce and tzatsiki (can´t spell). So amazing!! The best part.. it was literally like a foot long! OMG! i was soo hungry and i chomped my way through most of it :) After our bellies were full we headed back to their place (they are currently living with that same family) and chatted till bed.... which was around 6pm.. :) Like I said we were tired.. and we didnt open our sleepy eyes till 9 the next morning ... pretty solid sleep if I do say so myself. Ness and I grabbed our huge bags headed to the grocery store for some breaky and munchies for the train then made our way home..
.. I got home prety late, around 9pm, and started organising some university stuffs (gosh its fast approaching)... I crashed pretty late, not realising how long organising a timetable would take.. then woke up at 4:30 the next morning to hop on yet another train and header to Telč.
Telč was nice. It´s been nice to be able to say goodbye to everyone in steps.. and only a few at a time. Though it makes the whole final goodbye seem kinda sureal. In telč we kinda just wandered for a bit, we walked through the castle gardens, ate some great pizza, had some yummy ice cream and ended our eatery hopping with a trip to a cafe later making our way to the bus station for a few more goodbyes.
Then came a day of rest!! Finally, after all of our travels, which have been fantastic, comes a day soley dedicated to rest and recovery... I forgot to mention I´ve been sick with yet another cold (i believe this is no. 8 this year!!), for the past week. So My host parents so no travels, no school, and no leaving the couch in the living room for the day.. which was fine by me :)
I MISS SCHOOL!!! another downer to all of the rotary events lately is that I havent been to schoool very much and I miss my friends!! So thursday I went to school to chill with everyone. It worked out great since it was the schools sports day!! I wasnt able to participate since I wasnt there for sign up and technically im not a registered student but I was able to cheer my little heart out. 7A all the way!! I went to school on friday too, YAY! and despite all the tests they wrote, it was great to be there.
So back to another weekend (they come soo fast now adays!) and it´s josh´s going away party. Vítek and I headed out with josh and some of his friends for a night out on the town and showed him a good time :) though it was all a bit sad.. he leaves on the 13th, its getting close. But we all had a good time.. Saturday was a pretty chill day and the weather was kinda wet so all the better to stay indoors. I mainly worked on my university timetable, though I did make time for a few emails and a documentary :) LOVE them. Lastly, Sunday way Vanessas going away party... it was mainly rotarians, who were tons of fun, and Josh, Ness and I. Got home around 8 and was happy to see that Vítek had popped over for a visit. After Vítek peaced, Mark and I kept chatting, hahaha about our futures, jobs and university actually :) .. theres been a lot of that lately.. anyway.. then the Richtars and I had to say our goodbyes as Mark hopped on his train to prague, the start of what was to be a very long journey home.. not looking forward to the travel time :(
So that was my week. I will try and keep you posted :)
TTFL, ta ta for now
Anna xoxo
The month started in Česky Krumlov as all of us exchange students were saying the first of our many goodbyes.. :( and all hopping on our various trains to head home.. all a little disgruntled that the proposed canoe trip was canceled due to un favorable weather conditions.. On a happier note we devised a plan to meet in telč two days later !!
So Vanessa and I, determined to get a little more travel in since the trip was canceled, hopped on the bus with Kayla and Karmin destined for Česky Budijovice, a town neither of us had seen very much of. though all of us were a little tired after the previous nights "wakefest" we managed to pull ourselves together and head out for a bite to eat. We headed out with hopes of indian and after being crushed by the closed sign, found a fantastic pizza place that had falafel!!!!! YUMMY! Literally one of the cheapest things on the menu was a falafel wrap with lettuce and tzatsiki (can´t spell). So amazing!! The best part.. it was literally like a foot long! OMG! i was soo hungry and i chomped my way through most of it :) After our bellies were full we headed back to their place (they are currently living with that same family) and chatted till bed.... which was around 6pm.. :) Like I said we were tired.. and we didnt open our sleepy eyes till 9 the next morning ... pretty solid sleep if I do say so myself. Ness and I grabbed our huge bags headed to the grocery store for some breaky and munchies for the train then made our way home..
.. I got home prety late, around 9pm, and started organising some university stuffs (gosh its fast approaching)... I crashed pretty late, not realising how long organising a timetable would take.. then woke up at 4:30 the next morning to hop on yet another train and header to Telč.
Telč was nice. It´s been nice to be able to say goodbye to everyone in steps.. and only a few at a time. Though it makes the whole final goodbye seem kinda sureal. In telč we kinda just wandered for a bit, we walked through the castle gardens, ate some great pizza, had some yummy ice cream and ended our eatery hopping with a trip to a cafe later making our way to the bus station for a few more goodbyes.
Then came a day of rest!! Finally, after all of our travels, which have been fantastic, comes a day soley dedicated to rest and recovery... I forgot to mention I´ve been sick with yet another cold (i believe this is no. 8 this year!!), for the past week. So My host parents so no travels, no school, and no leaving the couch in the living room for the day.. which was fine by me :)
I MISS SCHOOL!!! another downer to all of the rotary events lately is that I havent been to schoool very much and I miss my friends!! So thursday I went to school to chill with everyone. It worked out great since it was the schools sports day!! I wasnt able to participate since I wasnt there for sign up and technically im not a registered student but I was able to cheer my little heart out. 7A all the way!! I went to school on friday too, YAY! and despite all the tests they wrote, it was great to be there.
So back to another weekend (they come soo fast now adays!) and it´s josh´s going away party. Vítek and I headed out with josh and some of his friends for a night out on the town and showed him a good time :) though it was all a bit sad.. he leaves on the 13th, its getting close. But we all had a good time.. Saturday was a pretty chill day and the weather was kinda wet so all the better to stay indoors. I mainly worked on my university timetable, though I did make time for a few emails and a documentary :) LOVE them. Lastly, Sunday way Vanessas going away party... it was mainly rotarians, who were tons of fun, and Josh, Ness and I. Got home around 8 and was happy to see that Vítek had popped over for a visit. After Vítek peaced, Mark and I kept chatting, hahaha about our futures, jobs and university actually :) .. theres been a lot of that lately.. anyway.. then the Richtars and I had to say our goodbyes as Mark hopped on his train to prague, the start of what was to be a very long journey home.. not looking forward to the travel time :(
So that was my week. I will try and keep you posted :)
TTFL, ta ta for now
Anna xoxo
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