Predcasne vanoce 10. - 11. 12. 2011

It is becoming a tradition that I celebrate Christmas a little bit earlier. The reason is that I usually travel over the Christmas break, this year I am off to Costa Rica. The advantage of this early celebration is that I don't have to deal with crowds in stores to buy food for my dinner. As a Czech tradition we had fried carp and potato salad, for desert we have Czech Christmas cookies, this year I made 11 kinds! It is not also totally Czech dinner anymore, since Daniela and Martin married non Czech/Slovak people we introducing our tradition to people from Ecuador and Japan :)
I wanted celebrate Christmas with my non Czech friends also, so the second day I invited other friends for small Christmas party.
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Uz je tradici, ze slavim vanoce o neco drive. Duvodem je me cestovani pres vanocni prazdniny, tento rok jedu do Costa Riky. Vyhodou brzkeho slaveni je ze nemusim bojovat s davy v obchodech. Jako tradicne jsme meli k veceri smazeneho kapra a bramborovy salat, jako zakusek bylo vanocni cukrovi, tento rok jsem udelala 11 druhu! A uz nemame ani uplne ceskou veceri, jelikoz Daniela a Martin si vzali "cizince", ukazujeme tak nasi tradici i lidem z Eqvadoru a Japonska :)
Chtela jsem take oslavit vanoce s mymi neceskymi kamarady a tak jsem na druhy den udelala malou vanocni party.
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Thanksgiving 24. - 26. 12. 2011

I think this was after a few years first Thanksgiving that I stayed at home. This holiday doesn't really have any meaning to me since I wasn't born in USA and since this is family holiday and all my family is in Europe. This year after busy summer and October traveling I stayed in San Jose. I prepared with my friend Christina non traditional Thanksgiving dinner and celebrated this holiday with a few friends.
On Saturday we drove to Bear Valley for one day for short snowshoeing and to visit my friend Katka and her family.
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Myslim, ze toto bylo prvni Dikuvzdani po nekolika letech, co jsem zustala doma a nikam nevyrazila. Tyto svatky nemaji pro mne vpodstate zadny vyznam, jelikoz jsem se v USA nenarodila a hlavne moje cela rodina zije v Evrope. Tento rok po velkem cestovani v lete a rijnu jsem proto zustala v San Jose. Pripravila jsem s kamaradkou Christinou netradicni veceri na dikuvzdani a oslavila jsem svatky s nekolika kamarady.
V sobotu jsme pak jeli do Bear Valley na sneznice a navstivit kamaradku Katku a jeji rodinu.
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Hawaii - Oahu 22. - 30. 10. 2011

Going to Hawaii was on my list of places that I would like to see, just not too high, since there are not really any mountains :) But when Martin invited me to celebrate with him and Yumi their wedding day, I couldn't say no. It was great week, full of water activities - surfing (or probably just trying to stand up on surf), snorkeling, scuba diving (even though I got panic attack in depth 80 ft, so not so great) and of course swimming.
Martin and Yumi rented for this occasion a beautiful big house where they stayed with their families for one week. On Monday we came for BBQ where we got to know each other, on Tuesday then was the wedding party. All was nicely organized and everybody had a great time!
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Navsteva Hawaii byla na mem seznamu mist, kam jsem se chtela podivat, jen ne az tak vysoko, jelikoz Hawaii nema zrovna zadne hory :) Ale kdyz me Martin pozval na jeho svatbu, tak jsem nemohla rici ne. Byl to super tyden plni vodnich aktivit - surfovani (tedy spise snaha o postaveni se na surfu), snorklovani, potapeni se ( i kdyz jsem dostala panicky zachvat asi v hloubce 24 m) a samozrejmne plavani.
Martin a Yumi pronajali pro tuto udalost nadherny a velky dum na plazi, kde zustali s rodinami po cely tyden. V pondeli jsme prisli na grilovani, kde jsme se vsichni navzajem poznali, v utery pak byla svatba. Vse bylo pekne zorganizovane a myslim, ze si to vsichni uzili.
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Tuolumne meetup 24.-25. 9. 2011

Even though or maybe because my working week was quite stressful I couldn't resist and left for Yosemite the second weekend in row. This time the Moutaineering meetup camped at Tuolumne meadows. On Saturday I went to Mt. Hoffman (10,845 feet/3,305 m). The weather was quite stormy, which on one hand meant interesting sky for photos, but on the other hand it was getting quite dangerous on the top. On Sunday a lot of people from the meetup went to Clouds rest. It was nice to see the place where I did my first ever backpacking trip!
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I kdyz nebo mozna prave proto, ze jsem mela docela stresujici tyden, jsem se vydala druhy vikend po sobe do Yosemite. Tentokrat moutaineering meetup kempoval v Tuolumne meadows. V sobotu jsem vyrazila na Mt. Hoffman (10,845 feet/3,305 m). Pocasi bylo docela bourkove, coz znamenalo pekne mraky na foceni ale nebezpeno na vrcholku. V nedeli hodne lidi z meetup vyrazilo na Clouds rest. Bylo hezke si zase zajit na misto kde zacalo me backpackovani!
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Tioga Pass - Meetup 17.-18.9. 2011

Being out most of this summer I didn't spend much time in Sierra Nevada mountains, so it was great opportunity to go again with BAMM (Bay area mountaineering meetup) to the mountains. This time we camped by Saddlebag lake. On Saturday I went with part of the group up to Mt. Conness via East Ridge, it was great hike. I got little bit sick, partially because of elevation, partially because I got big cold, but luckily I was able to summit - 12,649 ft (3,855 m). In the evening we had big campfire where everybody shared their stories. The second day I went for just short hike with Kirsten around 20 lakes basin, we relaxed by one of the lakes and when Phil came back from North peak we drove home.
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Jelikoz jsem byla vetsinu leta mimo, nemela jsem moc casu na vylety to hor Sierra Nevada, a tak kdyz se naskytla prilezitost vyrazila jsem opet s BAMM do hor. Tentokrat jsme kempovali u jezera Saddlebag. V sobotu jsem vyrazila s casti skupiny na horu Conness pres East Ridge, coz byl super vyslap. Nebylo me uplne nejlepe, castecne kvuli nadmorske vysce, castecne protoze jsem chytla velkou rymu, ale nastesti se mi podarilo se na vrchol vyskrabat - 12,649 ft (3,855 m). Vecer jsme pak meli velky taborak, kde kazdy povidal o svych vyletech. Druhy den jsem vysla jen s Kirsten na kratky vyslap kolem 20 jezer, zastavily jsme se u jednoho jezera a tam odpocivaly. Kdyz se Phil vratil z North Peak, jeli jsme zpet domu.
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Yosemite - Vogelsang Backpacking 3. - 5. 9. 2011

Long weekend is always great for backpacking trip! This time I was invited to join a group for backpacking in Yosemite. Two Rachaels, Josh, Mandar, Joe and I left on Saturday morning for adventure around Vogelsang. One sad element in our trip was search and rescue that was happening. One about 70 year man didn't come back to his car about 3 days ago and everybody was looking for him. They found him dead about 1 hour before we actually passed his campsite on our way to our destination. We wouldn't probably found him anyway, since it looked that he was in his tent, he fell asleep one night and never woke up the second morning.
We did nice loop around many lakes and we were planning to finish early on Monday so we can stop at one swimming hole on our way back, but the weather got colder and we dropped this idea.
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Prodlouzeny vikend je vzdy idelni pro straveni casu v divocine. Tentokrat jsem byla pozvana abych se pripojila ke skupine co jela do Yosemite. Dve Rachael, Josh, Mandar, Joe a ja jsem vyrazili v sobotu rano za dobrodruzstvim kolem Vogelsangu. Malou vadou na krase celeho vyletu byla zachranna akce, ktera se zrovna konala. Asi 70ti letty muz se nevratil pred 3 dny ze sveho vyletu a tak jej vsichni hledali. Nasli jej mrtveho asi hodinu pred tim, nez my jsme prosli kolem jeho kempu. My bychom jej stejne asi neobjevili, protoze to vypadalo, ze byl ve svem stanu, pravdepodobne usnul a uz se druhy den nevzbudil.
Obesli jsme si kolecko kolem mnoha jezer a planovali jsme jeste v pondeli se zastavit na jednom miste na koupani, ale protoze se ochladilo, tak jsem nakonec jeli primo domu.
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Rafting - Friends of River 20.-21.8. 2011

American river in California is regulated by dam so rafting is possible almost all year around, so when I was invited by a friend to join weekend of rafting with Friend of River I didn't hesitate. It was relaxing and fun weekend when I met many interesting and nice people!
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Reka American river v Kalifornii je regulovana hrazi a tak se na ni da raftovat temer cely rok a tak kdyz me kamarad pozval abych se pridala na vikend s organizaci Friends of River ani jsem nezavahala. Byl to odpocinkovy a vesely vikend kde jsem poznala mnoho zajimavych a dobrych lidi!
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