Thanksgiving 22. - 25. 11. 2012

Thanksgiving holiday means for me mainly 4 days off and good reason to take a trip. This year it was very relaxing trip down to Los Angeles on Highway 1. The weather was beautiful and Eric and I stopped by Big Sur, we took tour at Hearst Castle, visited mission in Santa Barbara, had fun in Universal Studios and played tourist at Hollywood.
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Den dikuvzdani pro mne znamena 4 dny volna a dobry duvod k vyletu. Tento rok to byl velice relaxujici vylet do Los Angles po Highway 1. Pocasi bylo nadherne a Eric a ja jsme zastavili u Big Sur, prohledli jsme si Hearst Castle, navstivily misi v Santa Barbare, uzili si Universal Studios a zahrali si na turisty v Hollywoodu!
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Halloween 2012

Halloween was on Wednesday this year, but of course all the parties were happening the weekend before. Eric and I went first to Planet Granite to climb in dark on Friday and then party on Saturday and Saturday, on top of that Eric ran Halloween half marathon. I wish I ran it too, but I managed to injured my foot on Saturday and it looks that running is out for a while for me :(
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Tento rok propadl Halloween na stredu, ale samozrejme vsechny vecitky se dely vikend pred Halloweenem. Eric a ja jsem sli nejdrive v patke na stenu lozit ve tme a pak na vecirek v patek i sobotu, k tomu jeste si Eric zabehl halloweensky pulmarathon. Prala jsem si bezet tak, ale jelikoz jsem si zranila chodilo v sobotu, tak to vypada, ze s behanim je na cas konec :(
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Napa Valley tasting 13.10. 2012

Josh, Eric and I were driving in May back from one backpacking trip when we started to talk about possibility to rent Google bus through Eric and organize wine tasting trip, we looked in our calendars and the first free common weekend was October 13, so we marked our calendars... We invited friends and colleagues and 28 of us went. We visited three wineries Reata, Black Stallion and Bourassa. Every winery was different and it was nice selection, everybody had a great time.
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Josh, Eric a ja jsem jeli v kvetnu z jednoho kempovaciho vyletu, kdyz jsme zacali mluvit o moznosti pronajmuti autobusu z Googlu pres Erica a zorganizovani vyletu do vinne oblasti, zkonzultovali jsme nase kalendare a prvni spolecny volny vikend byl 23. Rijen, a tak jsme si datum poznacili. Pozvali jsme kamarady a kolegy a 28 nas vyrazilo. Navstivili jsme tri vinnarny  Reata, Black Stallion and Bourassa. Kazda vinnarna byla jina a byl to dobry vyber, kazdemu se vylet libil.
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Jamaica 30.9. - 6.10. 2012

Our school year started quite early this year and some people felt that it would be nice to have a fall break to relax a little bit. Christina and I bought a stay at one hotel in Jamaica through Groupon and we decided to use it this week off. The weather over all wasn't bad, but it was raining every day for a little bit. We spent some time on beaches as well as traveling around, even though we found out that Jamaica is quite expensive place to get around.
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Nas skolni rok zacal pomerne brzy tento rok a nekteri lide citili, ze bude treba dostat dovolenou na zrelaxovani. Christina a ja jsem si koupily ubytovani pres Groupon na Jamaice a rozhodly jsem to vyuzit prave tento tyden. Pocasi nebylo uplne nejhorsi i kdyz nam alespon kratce prselo kazdy den. Cas jsme stravily na plazi i cestovanim po okoli, i kdyz jsme dosly k zaveru, ze Jamaika je docela drahe misto na projizdeni.
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Franklin lakes - Mineral King area - Sequoia NP 1. - 3. 9. 2012

Long weekend is always good time to go backpacking. I choose to go to Mineral King area in Sequoia NP where I have never been before. The drive to get there was quite bad, last 90 minutes was on narrow, windy old road, but it was worth it. The first day we hiked up about 6 miles to Franklin lakes (10 426 ft), we went quite slowly, since in our quite large group of 8 were three people who never been backpacking before and we arrived late afternoon. The next day we did just a day hike to Franklin pass (11 800 ft) for a great views, especially of Mt. Whitney. On Monday we hiked back to the cars and drove home with a short stop for lunch.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy dobry na backpackovani. Tentokrat jsem vybrala oblast Mineral king v Sequoia NP, kde jsem jeste nebyla. Cesta tam byla docela spatna, poslednich 90 minut se jelo po uzke, tocite a stare silnici, ale stalo to za to. Prvni den jsem usli asi 10 km k jezerum Franklin (3050), sli jsme pomerne pomalu, jelikoz v nasi pomerne velke skupine o 8 byli tri kamaradi, co nikdy predtim backpackovat nebyli a tak jsme dorazili az pozde odpoledne. Nasledujici den jsme si udelali jen denni vylet do prusmyku Franklin (3596 m), odkud byl nadherny vyhled, zvlaste na Mt. Whitney. V pondeli jsme pak jen sesli zpatky a jeli domu s kratkou zastavkou na obed.
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Chain Lakes - Yosemite 18. - 19. 8. 2012

This weekend trip was organized again by Josh. We - Josh, Stuart, Mandar, Phil, Eric and I started on Saturday morning at Ansel Adams wilderness and after about 8 miles hiking we reached beautiful Chain lakes in Yosemite. We walked to the last one and find nice camping spot. Since it was quite hot, Josh, Eric, Phil and I went for swimming in quite cold water. In the evening we made camp fire and enjoyed beautiful evening. The next day we hiked out in about 3 hours.
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Tento vikendovy vylet byl zorganizovan opet Joshem. Josh, Stuart, Mandar, Phil a ja jsem vyrazili v sobotu rano z Ansel Adams wilderness a asi po 13 km jsme dorazili k jezerum Chain v Yosemitech. Sli jsme az k tomu poslednimu a tam jsem si nasli hezke misto na kempovani. Jelikoz bylo pomerne teplo, tak Josh, Eric, Phil a ja jsem si sli zaplavat v pomerne studene vode. Vecer jsme si udelali taborak a uzivali jsi nadherneho vecera. Druhy den jsem zvladli cestu zpet za 3 hodiny.
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Peeler Lake - Hoover Wilderness 11. - 12. 8. 2012

This weekend I went to Eastern Sierras to Hoover wilderness. Josh organized a backpacking trip to Peeler lake and invited a few people who never been backpacking to experience the beauty of sleeping in the mountains. We started around 11 am on Saturday and hiked 8 miles to Peeler lake, stopping at Barney lake for lunch. After lunch a thunderstorm came, and I somehow forgot to pack my rain jacket, but luckily we didn't get too wet. It cleared up in the evening and we had nice dinner by the lake. On Sunday we explored Peeler lake a little bit more and then on the way down went to see another lake that was just about 1 mile off our path. It was beautiful and sunny day till lunch, then it started to rain on us again, but this time we got soaking wet, luckily we had dry clothes in the cars and drove back home to dry bed.
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Tento vikend jsem vyrazila do vychodnich Sierras do Hoover wilderness. Josh zorganizoval vylet k jezeru Peeler a pozval par lidi, co nikdy nebyly backpackovat, aby zazili tu nadheru prespani v horach. Vyrazili jsme kolem 11 rano v sobotu a usli jsme 8 mil k jezeru Peeler, po ceste jsem se zastavili na obed u jezera Barney. Po obede prisla bourka, a me se nejak podarilo si zapomenout nepromokavou bundu, ale nastesti jsme moc nezmokli. Na vecer se vyjasnilo a tak jsem si mohli vychutnat veceri u jezera. V nedeli jsem se nejdrive prosli kolem jezre Peeler a pak na ceste zpet jsme si zasli k jeste jednomu dalsimu jezeru, co bylo asi 1 mily z cesty. Do obeda bylo pekne a slunecno, pak na nas zacalo opet prset, tentokrat jsme uplne promokli, ale nastesti jsme meli v aute suche obleceni a jeli jsme domu do such postele. FOTKY