(Unplanned) Winter Escape to Cyprus: My Crazy Life Story Continues

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Akaman Peninsula, Cyprus

I got already used to the fact that  hardly anything in my life goes according to the plan. All the personal coaches will dislike me, but that’s why I rather never plan. And actually, that’s why my life is sometimes beautiful. Only sometimes though, not always…

Not really right now. It is, in fact, the reason why I’ve, after one year spent in Prague, ended up in Cyprus. At this point, I don’t really feel like sharing what I’ve been going through recently, just hope it’s been happening for a good reason that I don’t see right now. One of the main reasons I decided to come back to Prague after all my previous travels was that I wanted to have a home. A place where I could always come back to whenever I would feel like. I wanted to find some stability and start building something. But that didn’t happen. Almost exactly one year I occured to be in the very same situation as the year ago, starting from the square again…

My 2017 In A Nutsell – A New Personal Travel Record Made

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Jirka's Map of Travels in 2017

As the end of the year has come, I also looked back one more time at my life in 2017. I guess it’s become already sort of a yearly habit not to be satisfied enough with how it went 😀 Nevertheless, although this year didn’t really go as I wished either, this year I would like to share my short summary with you, because I believe it’s worth it. If at least one person reads it all and finds in it at least a little kick in their butt, then it surely is. I’ve had another difficult year, yet when I think about it again retrospectively, I think there are reasony to be proud of myself….

One Month in Portugal – Perfect Destination For Winter

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Pláž v Estorilu, Portugalsko

My life will always be a never-ending adventure. My initial plan for Portugal was, of course, a bit different. I came to stay in one place till Christmas, and perhaps afterwards come back again. In the end, I stayed at the first place only a week, then involuntarily came back to Lisbon, and nearly returned back to the Czech Republic after only two weeks. But I let it be, didn’t give up and gave Portugal “another chance”.

First week in Portugal: Mixed feelings and unpleasant experience

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Cabo da Roca, Portugal

I landed at the Lisbon airport. We departed 30 minutes later due to a de-icing of the airplane, but the pilot stepped on the gas and caught up so we arrived almost on time. I’m rewinding the watch one hour back to the Greenwich time. When I was leaving Katowice, it snowed, here we have a nice summer evening temperature of 15°C.

I was supposed to stay at a Couchsurfer’s place who offered me a couch for one night, but I didn’t get any response from her since, so now I have to look for a hostel. Fortunately, it’s not such big trouble for me since it’s off season and there are many hostels which are half-empty and cheap, so I just go to the center and choose one. I’ve used Couchsurfing many times already and always had only good experience, this is the first time I’m going to give a negative reference. Hopefully the last one ever.

What Two Months of Wandering Around Romania Have Brought Me

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Hitch-hiking in Romania

Coming back one more time to my Romanian adventures, I would like to make a brief conclusion. As I’ve already said many times in the last months, the good thing about not having anything to lose is that you can only gain (more about that in my first post). And after the past 2 months I can only say I’ve gained really a lot. Adventures, experiences and experience, new contacts, and also new views and ideas. If you hear people talking about stepping out of your comfort zone, I think in these 2 months of adventures I’ve simply become a definition for that 

The Last Week of My Romanian Adventure

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Welcome to Serbia - Kaluđerovo

My last week of traveling 

Friday 30th September

My two months of adventures have come to their end and this is my last post. I’ve really had a great time. The final week was full of traveling, and perhaps the riches in experiences of all. I hitch-hiked from the Piatra Craiului to the border with Serbia, found a way to get to a Czech village of Svatá Helena where I visited my countrymen, and then, in the middle of nowhere, stopped someone sent by angels who brought me to Belgrade. Through Novi Sad and Subotica I went to Hungary, and after one day visit to Szeged spent a few days in my beloved Budapest. Stopping by Győr and Bratislava, psyched and full of experiences and great memories, I returned back to Czechia. I’m going to do it soon again!

The Seventh Week of My Romanian Adventure

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Cow coaching in the Piatra Craiului

Helping the family in the Piatra Craiului again

Tuesday 20th September

My volunteering stay in the Piatra Craiului is over. Today is my last day here, now I have ahead only final 10 days of traveling. Tomorrow I’m heading south to Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Orșova, and along the border with Serbia I will try to get to the Czech village of Sfânta Elena (Svatá Helena), where I want to spend one night. Afterwards, I’m going to finish my two months of wandering by crossing the border to Serbia, visiting Belgrade, Novi Sad and Szeged, spending a few days in my beloved Budapest, and finally through Győr and Bratislava come back to the Czech Republic.

The Sixth Week of My Romanian Adventure

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Chisinau, Moldova

Week 6: Spontaneous trips are best – 2.000 km in one week

Wednesday 13 September

Since I finished the meditation course earlier than planned, I sort of found myself on the street for a while, and had to quickly come up with a contingency plan. The past week has really been very tiring and I feel I’ve had enough of traveling for now. I have many, many crazy stories to share, nevertheless, now I’m happy to be back in the Piatra Craiului and stay again in one place for some time.