I'm back!!!

It's been a while since I last wrote something here. Lots have happened so I should fill you in on the latest news. I will try and keep blogging from now on as I'm getting ready for a new adventure.

June 2009 - London
I was spending a week with "my" twins in their home in London. It was nice to see them again. They are so big and so clever now. They talk all the time. I miss them when I can't see them so I'm really grateful that their parents let me visit them regularly. We played together, read books, went to the parks and fed the ducks, had a picnic and visited a secret garden. When the girls were in the nursery I went to the Camden locks and Primrose Hill. One of the days I went to Wimbledon.

Wimbledon here I come again !!!
As every year I was looking forward to my favourite tennis tournament. This year I decided that one day with a Ground pass would be enough. I picked the first Tuesday as the day. The weather was beautiful and the queue for the tickets quite long. But I got in just before 12 o'clock, just in time for the matches to start on the outside courts. I had the order of play so I picked the matches I wanted to see. The first one was Sam Stosur playing Bethanie Mattek-Sands on court no.12. The stands seemed to be full already. I managed to squeeze closer to the entrance and was lucky enough that there was one empty seat in the first raw. Perfect! I sat down and the guy sitting next to me said: "you were lucky". And I replied: "yeah, it must be my lucky day today". And, as I found out later in the day, I was right. The match went into three sets and I saw some good tennis. After the match I spent a couple of hours by the practise courts. Novak Djokovic was just finishing his practice but otherwise I didn't see any huge stars there, at least the ones I knew, but there were a few other players practising but I didn't recognise most of them. And I wasn't alone. One guy asked me who the girl was and I said that I didn't have an idea and that they all look the same to me. He said that he thought the same. It was probably one of the 50 or something Russians/Eastern Europeans in the draw with long blond hair, hitting the ball like crazy. I just relaxed on a bench there. Then it was time to get to court no.3 (formally no.2). On this court two "old" guys were playing some excellent tennis, using more of their head than the power. It was Fabrice Santoro and Nicolas Kiefer. Santoro won this match but it was worth watching, no matter who won. The next match on this court was the one I really wanted to see. Amelie Mauresmo played Melinda Czink and I was hoping to see the good old Amelie playing her beautiful tennis and winning easily. Well, she won in three sets but it was rather frustrating to watch. The first set was perfect and then suddenly she fell asleep or something. She couldn't hit anything right. Luckily she managed to dig deep and win the third set. The match finished quite late but I still managed to get to the Wimbledon shop and buy the towel there. Then it was time to go home. I had a great day...

Summer holidays - July/August 2009
I couldn't wait for my holiday to start, as usual. I was only going home, which means back to my parents', but I was hoping to snap one of those last minute cheap trips there and go somewhere nice and warm and just veg out for a week. People who know me are probably now saying that I couldn't do that but I thought I could. I felt like that was what I needed to relax and recharge my batteries. But, as usual with me, somebody else had a different idea about my holiday. The night before I was leaving I received an e-mail with a letter I'd been waiting for for some time. That meant that I had to sort this thing out, that was the priority of my holiday. The first week of my three weeks holidays I was running around and getting all the paperwork ready. I also managed to visit some of my friends and relatives. By Friday I felt rather exhausted and decided to have a day when I don't do anything and don't go anywhere. At the weekend I joined my brother-in-law and my two nephews and we went to Brno (second biggest city in the Czech Republic) to watch World Championships in Superbikes. I've never been to an event like

that so I thought it could be interesting. Well, it was interesting but not something I'd have to do again.

On Monday early morning me and my older nephew (who is 13) got on a train to Vienna. I had to go there to apply for my Canadian visa and work permit so we made 3-day trip out of it. We stayed in a nice hotel and did some sightseeing as well as a few rides in the Prater (amusement park). The rest of my holiday I spent the usual way - visiting friends and relatives. It never feels like a holiday when I go back home but at least the weather was beautiful there...