#2 FROM SEA TO SUMMIT

DAY 2   

Woke up with a horrible need to pee (as always). Made a porridge and headed out. Plan was to do a hike. What it turned into was something we definitely didn't expect and absolutely underestimated. At least I did. Started being kinda lost village called Stara Fužina even though we had directions from local Infocenter. Had to jump across a fence to cross private land to get on our original route. Lol.  

    

First climb to Vogar and first real altitude meters (500m to be exact). Then we continued on the top of the hills, but still kinda climbed. At that point I knew this was going to be long day. The final stretch to Pršivec (1760) (aka our main goal) was mostly climbing on rocks.At that point, the forrest finally started opening up, so some decent views started too. There was this  beautiful lookout and as I was walking towards the views I said quite laud "this is fucking crazy" and there was a german girl and it lead to us chatting about the hike. At the top, we got to see Triglav and realised that we barely have any food and water left. I thought we will descent quickly, but hell nah.

The first hut had water for 2€, we ain't paying that. So we kept descending and started signing, our legs started to hurt and shake. And after Črne jezero, we still had 700 altitude meters down to go. Few ropes and chains appeared, cause it was a rocky path. We started being little crazy. The legs turned into jelly at that point. I knew that the last bit along the river from Savica Koča, we'll hitchhike for sure. Our legs couldn't take any more walking. I think the 4th car passing us stopped. Young couple from Berlin. No wonder they stopped. The car  ride helped us so much and saved us probably one more hour of walking. 

Quick jump into the lake (took a gopro with me), it's super deep. Than finally huge portion of everyone's favourite pestopasta, which has been awaited by many (aka me and me) and now we're sitting at camp's restaurant and drinking the local beer Laško. Pretty good beer to be honest. I'm so ready for bed. ✌🏼️

      

London

It took me 5 years to come back to London. I don’t really get how could my parents let me go to London with two of my swimming friends, when we were only 16. Yep, it was the Olympic year back in 2012. Crazy, time flies so fast. The memories are big and strong from that trip. Taking photos of each other everywhere, hugging the Westminster Abbey (remember that, Maru and Teri?), or/and mainly our swallowed feet after walking in new shoes, which we all bought day before in Primark. (We ended up walking barefoot, we were very young.) Back than it was an eden for us. I left 70 pounds there and took 14 new fashion items home with me. I still remember that too!

So after 5 years, wiser and more experienced me went back to the city of them all - London. Buying the ticket was so spontaneous and it all took approx. 20 minutes all together. I had an email from EasyJet for some “amazing deal/fly to London!” and “only today”. Normally I ignore email like this and immediately delete it, but this time I gave it a closer look. What? It’s only for 65 Euros there and back?! Mom, do you want to fly to London? And there it was, 23rd of December, we bought our tickets to London for the beginning of April. We added to our crew one more friend of ours. Anežka, I know her since she was born, because our moms are “bffs” or something like that and spend ours talking on the phone. Anežka was turning 16 on the day of flying to London. I think that there is not a better way to spend “super sweet sixteen”. 

Three women and three days in London. 

I thought I would wrote down all the the things we did and saw, because until 3 days before flying, I had no idea how to plan it all. This could be helpful for anyone, who’s planning to visit, because it would definitely helped me if I have had something like this before we went.

Here ya go!

Day one

We started off with a morning run in Burgees park to see more of the neighbourhood of Camberwell. We were staying at my friend Miranda, who I met in Iceland and hiked together for 4 days! Okay, back to the day one. We started off at Westminster Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, The Mall, Buckingham Palace, neighbourhood Chelsea (which is so so so pretty!!!), National nature history museum, Hyde Park, Oxford Street (yep, another visit to Primark), Soho, Trafalgar square and across my favourite Golden Jubilee bridge during the sunset hour back home.

Day two

We continued where we ended the evening before. Across the Waterloo bridge, quick look on Somerset house, St. Paul’s Cathedral to Millennial Bridge (yep, that bridge which Dementors ruined at the beginning of Harry Potter 6). We sat down to have picnic-lunch by the Thames since we bought sandwiches and crackers in Marks and Spencer. Give us tea and it couldn’t get more British.  After we fuelled up, we headed off to the part of London where the business is being made - The City. Bank area with loads of skyscrapers such as The Gherkin, but than the fun eded. I needed to pee. I drink a lot (of water obviously) so I need to go to bathroom a lot. (Sorry if this is TMI) The next hour and a half across Tower bridge and along the Thames to London Bridge was a pure torture. Luckily for me we bumped into Pret a Manger cafeteria, which had toilets (for some reason some of the cafeterias don’t have restrooms and I am asking why?!) Everything was alright for the final stretch of the day. Sky Garden. The beauty of itself. What a place. A skyscraper, where the final floor was turned into a big garden together with bar and restaurant. Only thing you need to do is to book it for free on their website in advance and hello 37th floor and beautiful view over London! I am that person who needs to find a view spot to overlook the city and I am that person who loves anything green (plants, flowers give it to me!) This was a heaven on the 37th floor. There will be a special blogpost only about Sky Garden.

Day Three

We headed off to Greenwich with our suitcases, because it was the last day for us. Prime Meridian, Greenwich observatory. Yep, we saw it. But if you want to walk across the Meridian prepare yourself to give out 9 pounds. So we just looked at it through the gate and sat down next to the observatory and just enjoyed rubbish cappuccino and the amazing weather and the great view on London. It sucked to caring our suitcases around, because the park was so pretty and I kinda want to come back to Greenwich. It was so pretty and lovely. Ugh, so so nice.

So this was our London! Short, but very much enjoyed! So long London, so long!

P.S.: London is not cheap place to visit. Except the flight ticket, so the next blogpost will be about where and how to safe money and not pay for useless things. Deal?

P.P.S.: big thanks to Miranda, Grace and Nellie for letting us stay in your flat! You da best! <3 

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CZ

Po 5 letech jsem se konečně podívala do Londýna. Nechápu, jak tam mě a 2 další kamarádky z plavání mohli naši rodiče vůbec pustit, když nám bylo teprve 16. Jo, bylo to tenkrát když byla v Londýně olympiáda. Zážitky jsme z toho měly velký a dodnes vzpomínám naše foceníčka u památek, objímání Westminsterského opatství (že jo Maru a Terko!) a hlavně na naše bolavý nohy z novejch bot, který jsme si den předtim koupily při naší první návštěvě Primarku. Tenkrát to pro nás byla svatyně. Nechala sem tam 70 liber a odnesla si 14 fashion úlovků. Ještě teď si to pamatuju. 

Takže po pěti letech, moudřejší a zkušenější verze mě samotné se opět vydala do města všech měst. Bylo to hrozně spontánní koupě letenky. Měla jsem v mailu email od EasyJetu, že “amazing offer” do Londýna “only today”. Normálně tyhle maily ignoruju a rovnou mažu, ale tentokrát mi to nedalo a koukla sem, co nám může EasyJet nabídnout. Cože? Zpáteční letenka za 1400?! Mami, jedem do Londýna? Bum, bum, bum a my jsme 23. prosince koupily letenky do Londýna na začátek dubna. Ještě jsme k sobě přibraly holku, kterou znám od jejího narození, jelikož naše mamky jsou velký kámošky a vždycky prokecaj hodinu po telefonu. Anežce bylo v den odletu krásných 16 let. Ano, vzala sem na výlet do Londýna puberťačku, která se chce stát modelkou. Ale upřímně si myslim, že narozeninovej výlet do Londýna vlastně neni vůbec špatná věc. 

Tři ženy na tři dny v Lodnýně. 

Den #1

Den první jsme začaly ranním během v Burgees parku a v okolí Camberwellu, kde jsem přespávaly u mojí kámošky Mirandy. Tuhle holku jsem potkala na Islandu a spolu jsme se 4 dny táhly s těžkejma báglama. Hory lidi spojujou a tahle holka je prostě cool. 

Začaly jsme turistování u Westminster bridge, Big Benu, Westminster Abbey, The Mall, Buckingham palace, pokračovaly do čtvrtě Chelsea (která je naprosto nádherná!!!), National nature history museum, Hyde Park, Oxford street (ano, ta proslulá nákupní ulice), Soho, Trafalgar Square a přes můj nejoblíběnější most - Golden Jubilee bridge při západu slunce zpátky na autobus domů. 

Den #2

Jsme navázaly tam, kde jsme předchozí den skončily. Přes Waterloo bridge jsme se vydaly do Somerset house, St. Paul’s Cathedral k Millenium bridge (ten most, kterej zničej mozkomorové hned na začátku Harryho Potter 6), kde jsme daly krásnej piknik u Temže. Sendvič, brambůrky z Marks and Specer…so British! Poté co jsme se posilnily, tak jsem se vydaly do čtvrti The City, kde se dělá byznys! Aneb bankovní oblast plná mrakodrapů jako například Okurka, ale průšvih byl, že nikde žádnej záchod. A to končí sranda. Hodně piju (vody samozřejmě) a je dost jasný co pak následuje. Takže následující hodina a půl procházky přes Tower bridge a podél Temže k London Bridge byla hotový utrpení. Naštěstí jsme narazily na kavárnu Pret a Manger, kde byl záchod (dost často se stává, že provozovny nemají záchody, což mi je teda velká neznámá proč). A všechno bylo zase v poho a my se vydaly na poslední povinnou věc dne. Sky Garden. Krása sama o sobě. Mrakodrap, kde je v posledním patře vybudovaná zahrada spolu s restaurací a barem. Jediný co je třeba, je si dopředu zarezervovat místo přes jejich systém a pak šup do 37 podlaží. Jsem člověk, co mi-lu-je výhledy na město a zelený věci/rostlinky/květinky (proto, tak ráda chodim do botanickejch zahrad), takže tohle pro mě bylo prostě ráj na 37 patře. A fotkám odtamtud věnuju samostatnej blog. Těště se.

Den #3

Jsme vyrazily s kufříkama do čtvrtě Greenwich. Nultý poledník, Greenwich observatory...jo přesně to, kam jezděj školní zájezdy. Jenže vyfotit se u nultýho poledníku a projít se po něm stojí 9 liber. Takže my jsme se jenom koukly přes bránu. A užívaly si dalšího krásnýho dne v Lodnýně jen tak na lavičce se špatným capuccinem v ruce. Greenwichský park je tak krásný místo. Škoda, že jsme s sebou táhly kufříky a neměly moc času si park projít víc.

Tak tohle byl náš Londýn. Krátký, ale výživný. Tak zas příště! 

P.S.: Londýn není levná záležistost. Teda kromě tý letenky. A proto v dalším blogopostu vypíšu pár tipů, jak ušetřit a neplatit za zbytečnosti. Jo?

P.P.S.: velký dík Miranda, Grace a Nellie za to, že jsme mohly okupovat jejich super byt!

SNOW, SKI AND SUN IN ITALY

Oh, Italy...I hold so much love for anything italian. Well, actually and mainly - FOOD and their beautiful mountains. Pizza and pizza and pizza. Than cheese, cheese and cheese. And then gelatto, gelatto, gelatto.
Do I need to continue? No.
So when November was turning into December, I went to Italian Alps for couple of days. More exactly, Livigno. This beautiful, tax free, cute, ski town is well known between athletes. It seriously is the perfect place. Pizzerias are on every corner and Italians always can do snow, even though the conditions are (sadly) getting worse and worse in Central Europe. But I am finally getting to my point. Livigno is lovely town, which holds an opening race for us long distance cross country skiers. And I was there too this year. It is a small race with around 800 participants and since it is "so small", you get to see the legends of long distance cross country skiing (could the name be any longer?!) just few metres from you.
There is a funny story to it as well. I got to eat pizza in a tiny pizza place with the legends of legends for us Czechs - Standa Rezac. It was so nice to talk to him about the race and how is he feeling about this years Visma Ski classics - series.
Well, I rested my soul in Livigno so so much. I don’t know if it was caused by the sun or the food or just being out in the mountains, but it felt great. I realized that I need nature (especially beautiful mountains covered in snow) in my life. That is actually no surprise, since my parents took me to mountains all the time, when I was little.

Aaaah, I feel so "zen" even just thinking about it.

But,

Goodbye for now. (and eat some pizza)

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CZ

Itálie...

Mám v sobě tolik lásky pro cokoliv italského. Teda vlastně a hlavně - JÍDLO a jejich nádherné hory. Pizza, pizza a pizza. Potom sýr a sýr a sýr. No a nakonec želáto, želáto, želáto.

Mám pokračovat? Radši ne. Už teď se mi sbíhají sliny.

Takže když se listopad lámal v prosinec, tak já vyjela do Italských Alp na pár dnů. Přesněji do Livigna. Tohleto milé, bezcelní, lyžařské městečko je moc dobře známé mezi námi sportovci. Doopravdy to je perfektní místo (nejen pro trénink). Pizzerie na každém rohu, Italové vždycky dokážou vykouzlit slušný sníh, přestože je to v té naší Evropě rok od roku horší. Ale konečně k věci. Livigno je roztomilé městečko, které každý rok pořádá první dálkoběžkařský závod sezony - La Sgambeda a já jsem se ho letos konečně zúčastnila! Je to jeden z těch menších závodů sezony, které má zhruba 800 účastníků, takže všechny ty hvězdy dálkového běžkování máte přímo před sebou.

A chcete zajímavou storku? Naprostou náhodou jsem si pokecala nad pizzou se Standou Řezáčem. A jestli nevíte kdo je Standa Řezáč, tak to teda nevim. Bylo to fajn si pokecat, jak to vidí s letošní sezonou Visma Ski Classics a co bude mazat na zítřejším závodě.

No, řeknu vám...v Livignu sem si neskutečně oddáchla. Nevim, jestli to bylo tím sluníčkem nebo skvělým jídlem, ale bylo to úžasný. Uvědomila sem si (již poněkolikáté), že potřebuju k životu přírodu (teda hlavně hory, nejlépe zasněžené). A není divu, když mě rodiče jakou malou tahali do hor pořád.

Ještě teď se cejtim “zen”, jen když na to pomyslim.

Ale to je pro dnešek všechno, nechám za sebe mluvit fotky.

Ciao!

in the sky

OMG! 

Yesterday was such a beautiful day. Not only in Aalborg, but also in Copenhagen and Prague. And how the hell I know that? I was flying from Aalborg through Copenhagen to Prague. I was constantly taking pictures, so here are some of the best ones. 

P.S.: Yes, I am that person, who always needs to sit next to the window.