new blog

Keďže už som doma, tak som si myslela, že začnem nový blog. Zážitky zo Slovenska sa na ten americký až tak nehodia. Takže ak vás to ešte zaujíma, kukajte sem :)

I just thought that I should start posting blogs from home on a different blog, since I'm not in the States anymore... it wouldn't really make sense posting them on my US one, would it? Anyway, if you're still interested in my world, here's some news. Thanks for checkin' on me. Love y'all! 

reunions

Prvý víkend po návrate domov som strávila na Myjave u našich, prišli všetci! Mišo, Juro a Tinka, Hana a Mathias a aj jeho sestra Madlen. Bolo nás síce dosť, ale to čo mamina navarila by bolo aj pre armádu :) Ale pojedli sme čo sa zmestilo. V sobotu bol na Starej Myjave rodinný beach volejbalový turnaj, Michálkovci sa samozrejme museli zúčastniť. Apo, Juro a Tinka boli tím, ale keďže sa Juro hneď v prvom zápase dokaličil (našťastie bez následkov), ďalší zápas ho nahradil Mathias. Na to, že hral prvýkrát mu to celkom išlo :) A samozrejme rodinná party - večera a potom von (tá druhá časť už bez našich ale zato s Ondríkom - bratranec). Potom som valila do Nitry, bývalý kolega\lektor Carlo nás prišiel pozrieť z Kanady. Postretali sme každého (skoro) a s Ľubom sa vybrali na Zobor. Chodník sme akosi nenašli, tak sme sa tam vyhrabali ako sa dalo. Výhľad bol super. A večera, čo sme s Carlom potom uvarili, tiež. 

I spent my first weekend back in Myjava at my parent's house. It was awesome, everybody was there. Mišo, my brother Juro and his girlfriend Tinka, my sister Hana and her boyfriend Mathias and his sister Madlen. There was a lot of us but the amount of food Mom cooked would have served an army... well, we did our best. I don't have to stress that everything was absolutely delicious. There was a family beach volleyball tournament, and of course the Michalek family had to be there ;) The team consisted of Dad, Juro and Tinka, but since Juro wrecked himself (no permanent effects), he was replaced by Mathias later on. He did pretty well considering it was his first time playing.  And, of course, there had to be a family party. First dinner and then bars - that without my parents, but with our cousin Ondrej instead. Then I went to Nitra, my friend and ex-colleague Carlo came to visit from Canada. We met everybody and hiked up Zobor (a hill in Nitra) with Lubo. We kinda lost the trail (at least it wasn't dark ;)) but we got there anyway and the view was beautiful. And the dinner we cooked with Carlo afterwards was great, too. Good times. 

back home

Tak ako už asi väčšina z vás vie, som doma. Dorazila som v piatok a strávila super víkend so všetkými na Myjave. Pomaly sa aklimatizujem a dúfam, že vás postupne, a hlavne čoskoro, všetkých uvidím!

As you all know, I have made it home. The flight was good, even though it took forever J I spent the weekend with all my family in Myjava and had a blast! I can’t thank you all enough, you really made me feel at home. You’re awesome! Miss you guys! 

backpacking

Posledný víkend v štátoch som strávila na turistike s Jessem a Mattom. Išli sme na tri dni do Holy Cross Wilderness, krásnej časti hôr v Colorade. Spravili sme skoro 30 míľ a 6000 stopový rozdiel v nadmorskej výške, pokorili dva horské priechody, campovali na krásnych miestach, trochu na nás aj napršalo a schovali sme sa v „meste duchov“ a zažili sme kopu srandy. Bol to namáhavý, ale super víkend!

I spent my last weekend in the States backpacking with Jesse and Matt. We drove out to Holy Cross Wilderness, parked and then spent three days ‚in the wild‘. We backpacked in a gorgeus part of Colorado, did almost 30 miles and 6000 feet in elevation gain, ‘defeated‘ two mountain passes, camped in the most beautiful spots, got rained on and hid in a ghost town, and had a blast! Thank you so much guys, it was the best ending to my year!

splnený sen

Dnes sa mi splnil jeden z mojich najväčších snov - skok z lietadla! Mattov kamarát Brendan je inštruktor a pracuje pre "parašutistickú" školu, ktorá robí tandem zoskoky, takže sme s ním dnes skákali. Teda Matt skákal s Brendanom a ja s iným inštruktorom, Travisom. Bol to jeden z najlepších zážitkov. Vyleteli sme asi do 3600 metrov a vyskočili z lietadla. Skôr "vypadli" ako skočili, nie je to naozajstný skok. Potom sme po pár sekundách dosiahli maximálnu rýchlosť a padali skoro 200 km/h. Voľný pád trval asi 50 sekúnd, potom sme otvorili padák a pomaly sa zniesli na zem, čo trvalo asi 5 minút. Travis mi ukázal aj nejaké triky, otočky a tak :) Bolo to SUPER!!! Najlepší výhľad na svete! 

Today, one of my biggest dreams came true!!! I got to jump out of a plane! Brendan, a friend of Matt's is a skydiving instructor and works for a skydiving school in Longmont that does tandem jumps. So we got to jump with him today. Actually, Matt was the one jumping with Brendan and I jumped with another instructor, Travis. It was one of the greatest things ever. You get to 12,000 feet and 'fall' out of the plane. In a couple of seconds you reach terminal velocity and are falling 120 mph. The free fall lasts about 50 seconds, then you open the parachute and glide for about 5 minutes or so. Travis did some spins and tricks with me, too. It was AWESOME!!! The best view in the world. Thanks so much Matt, Brendan and Travis for making this happen.  

back in denver

Tak sme dorazili naspäť do Denveru, dali raňajky v Snooze, zmrzku v Liks a moju rozlúčkovú party. Už mám len necelé dva týždne.

We got back to Denver and did some fun stuff like breakfast at Snooze, ice-cream at Liks or my good-bye party. Thank you all guys for coming, I had a blast! Less than two weeks to go :(

moab & arches

Vo štvrtok večer sme dorazili k Moab a campovali kúsok pred mestom. Ráno sme dali raňajky v Eklectica a prešli sa trochu po meste. Potom sme sa vydali do Arches, chcela som ísť na túru k Delicate Arch, je to jedna z najznámejších v parku a jedna z mála, ktoré som ešte nevidela z blízka. Bolo ale hrozné teplo a vyzeralo to, že sa blíži poriadna búrka. Ale povedali sme si že čo, skúsime. Nabrali sme kopec vody a vybrali sa hore. Nakoniec to bolo dobré, aj keď bolo horko, aspoň bolo zamračené a nakoniec nás búrka obišla. Som rada, že sme to nevzdali. A z Arches sme už valili domov. 

We arrived to Moab on Thursday night and camped just outside the town. We grabbed breakfast at Eklectica and walked around Moab a little bit. Then we headed to Arches. I really wanted to do the Delicate Arch hike but it was terribly hot and it looked like a storm was coming. But whatever, we packed a lot of water and took our chance. In the end it was good because we walked up under a cloudy sky and the storm did not hit us. I'm glad we decided to go, it was gorgeous. And the we headed back home.