Christmas time celebrations 7. - 15. 12. 2013

The two weekends before the actual Christmas were filled by many Christmas parties and celebrations. We started the first weekend by going to a restaurant with one Michelin star. Eric got a certificate for his good work about 6 months ago, but we didn't find time to go until now. It was an interesting experience - delicious, small and very nice looking dishes paired with great wine. On Saturday Google had a holiday party in San Francisco. The theme was "It is mall world"and we could taste and see many different cultures. This weekend we finished by hosting a holiday party for our friends.
The second weekend on Saturday we hosted early Czech Christmas dinner with fish soup, carp and potatoes salad. We managed to squeeze in to our small apartment 11 adults and 4 children, which sounded impossible, but in the end everybody had a good time. On Sunday we started Eric's early birthday celebration by going to glass class. We assisted in making a bowl and learn a little bit about glass making. 
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Dva vikendy pred skutecnymi Vanocemi byly nabite mnoha predvanocnimi oslavami a aktivitami. Prvni vikend jsme zacali v restauraci s jednou Michelinskou hvezdickou. Eric dostal darkovy poukaz za jeho dobrou praci asi pred 6 mesici, ale my jsme doposud nenasli cas si tam zajit. Byla to zajimava zkusenost - vyborne, male a velic pekne vypadajici chody sparovne se skvelym vinem. V sobotu Google poradal vanocni party v San Franciscu. Tema bylo "Je to maly svet" a my jsme meli moznost ochutnat a videt mnoho ruznych kultur. Tento vikend jsme zakocili poradanim vanocni oslavy pro nase kamarady.

Druhy vikend v sobotu jsme poradali predcasnou ceskou vanocni veceri s rybi polevkou, kaprem a salatem. Podarilo se nam vmacknout do naseho maleho bytu 11 dospelych a 4 deti, coz vypadalo nemozne, ale nakonec se vsichni dobre bavili. V nedeli jsme zacali s Erikovymi oslavami narozeni navstevou hodiny vyroby skla. Pomohli jsme s vyrobou misky a trochu se priucili o vyrobe skla. 
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Thanksgiving - Yosemite 28. - 30. 11. 2013

Thanksgiving break is always a good reason to go for a trip. This year we chose Yosemite. We celebrated the actual Thanksgiving in the Ahwahnee hotel, where we attended dinner. This was formal occasion, and we had to come in formal clothes, it looks like new tradition for us - second time in Yosemite and bringing a dress! On Friday we went for 13-mile hike to Eagle peak (7779 ft) which is past upper Yosemite falls. It was nice day and we got back in dark after seeing beautiful colors of sunset. On Saturday we stopped at Mariposa Sequoia grove on the way home, part of Yosemite that I haven't been before. We also wanted to do short hike to Fresno dome, outside of Yosemite, but we had to turn around when we run into icy road. It was getting late in the afternoon, and we weren't sure if we could get back down safely.
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Den dikuvzdani je vzdy dobra prilezitost k vyletu. Tento rok jsme si vybrali Yosemite. V den dikuvzdani jsme byli na veceri v hotelu Ahwahnee. Byla to formalni vecere a tak jsme museli prijit nalezite obleceni, uz to vypada jako nova tradice pro nas - podruhe v Yosemitech a v satech! V patek jsme vysli na 21 km vylet na Eagle peak (2371 m ) ktery je na ceste za hornimi Yosemitskymi vodopady. Byl to pekny den a vratili jsme se az po setmeni pote co jsme videli nadherne barvy zapadu slunce. V sobotu na ceste domu jsme se zastavili v u sequoii v Maripose, v casti Yosemite, kde jsem jeste nebyla. Take jsme se chteli vydat na kratky vyslap na Fresno dome, mimo Yosemite, ale museli jsme se obratit, kdyz jsem narazili na namrzlou silnici. Bylo pozdni odpoledne a my jsme si nebyli jisti, jestli bychom se dostali bezpecne zpet.
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