My preliminary plan for Christmas and New Year vocation 2007/2008:

V Jaremche ostanovlus zdes:
http://karpaty.nezabarom.com.ua/yaremche/fortuna/984/photo/ -150 hrn
predlojyli 2x mestny polulux vmesto standartnogo 2x mestny nomer
http://www.karpaty.info/ua/uk/if/jr/jaremche/houses/fortuna/
-500 м від центру міста
-skoree budem odni v dome iz 3h nomerov (tak chto mesto prisoedinitsya est...)
-WC/dush v nomere
-ryadom chastnaja kuhnya 50hrn s chel za zavtrak i ujyn


14 Dec, Fri - last work day at work, WFH, packing.

15 Dec, Sat - by bus going Prague to Lvov, 85 USD
16 Dec, Sun - by marshrutka going Lvov to Lutsk, 5 USD, buy train ticket Kiev-Lvov on 19th (if no ticket stay in Lutsk, take tickets train to Lvov on morning 20th Dec)
17 Dec, Mon - Lutsk, 10 USD
18 Dec, Tue - Lutsk to Kiev by car with Lisa, 20 USD
19 Dec, Wed - Kiev, evening departure by train to Lvov, 30 USD
20 Dec, Thur - by train from Lutsk to Lviv, Iva by train N 085 arrives to Lviv 13:50, excursion around Lviv, by marshrutka going to Jaremche (2,5hours one way, 5USD), from 10+20, znat kak budem vozvrashcatsya v Kiev 27 Dec i esli poezdom to kupit obratnye bilety.
21 Dec, Fri - Karpaty (Jaremche), 15USD accomodation + 10 USD food + 15USD snow equipment rent per person
22 Dec, Sat - Karpaty (Jaremche), 15USD accomodation + 10 USD food + 15USD snow equipment rent per person
23 Dec, Sun - excursion to Ivano-Frankivsk, 15USD accomodation + 10 USD food per person +10 USD for transportation.
24 Dec, Mon - Karpaty (Jaremche), 15USD accommodation + 10 USD food per person - Lisa or mam or pap join us in Karpaty
25 Dec, Tue - Karpaty (Jaremche), 15USD accommodation + 10 USD food + 15USD snow equipment rent per person - Lisa or mam or pap join us in Karpaty
26 Dec, Wed - Karpaty (Jaremche), 15USD accommodation + 10 USD food + 15USD snow equipment rent per person - Lisa or mam or pap join us in Karpaty
27 Dec, Thur - going from Karpaty to Kiev, likely by car with Pap or Liza, (70 USD total) or train (20-30 USD per person)
28 Dec, Fri - Kiev, 15 USD babushka Dina greeting
29 Dec, Sat - Kiev, 15 USD buy return train tickets for Iva Kiev-Crimea or Odessa-Crimea.
30 Dec, Sun - Kiev, 15 USD / alternative going to Odessa by car with Liza
31 Dec, Mon - Kiev, NY celebration, 30 USD / alternative going to Odessa by car with Liza
1 Jan, Tue - Kiev, 15 USD / alternative going to Odessa by car with Liza
2 Jan, Wed - Kiev, Iva by train back Kiev-Crimea, 20-30 USD / alternative coming back to Kiev from Odessa by car with Liza and Ivanna back to Odessa-Crimea by train.
3 Jan, Thur - Kiev, 15 USD
4 Jan, Fri - by bus going from Kiev to Prague, 85 USD
5 Jan, Sat - Prague
6 Jan, Sun - Prague

7 Jan, Mon - back to work

Friend, Andrew sent me a photo and a text report (in Russsian) about his trip to CZ some time ago. Nice observations about Krusovice and Karlovy Vary.

Had a Turkish evening party at home yesterday. Rommate Fhari has invited his Turkish friends and cooked a fantastic meals. Yammy. I wish we have more Turkish evenings like this... ;-)

This is 2nd year in a row when I'm helping to organize the presence of the French Embassy at the International Charity Bazaar at Hilton Hotel. The whole event is organized by Diplomatic Ladies Association (DLA), which is union of ambassador's wifes to Czech Republic. The event is supported by the Mme Klausova, the wife of the President of Czech Republic. The President of the DLA is Mme Helene Fries, wife of French ambassador. She is in charge of both representing the French table and the event in general. I was helping mostly with French table mostly.

The way it works - each embassy contacts the companies and organizations they know to donate for the event i- either money or products for sale. Donated products are then sold at the bazaar at the discounted prices so it would sell faster and buyer would be more happy. All received money are then donated to the charities. For the general public there is a small fee (50Kc/2,5USD) for entrance with is also a source of income that goes to charity. But overall it worth visiting since it is a unique opportunity to shop for cool products from around the world at discount. ;-)

Also as the way networking works I had a change to invite my friend and colleague and a professional photographer (at the beginning of his photography career) from work Tomasz Slota (from Poland) to take the photo report of the event. Here you may see the result:

http://tomslot.info/Bazaar2007 /any my few shots

Overall the event was great fun and I'm packed with my Christmas and New Year gifts thanks to it.

we had a small friends warming party in our kitchen on Saturday... wine.candles.talks.
here is some music we listened:

• Michael Jackson - Do you remember the Time - http://youtube.com/watch?v=rENoOBFrOlw
• Eric Clapton Live - http://youtube.com/watch?v=hiK3LKhnK80
  
• Kangroove - http://youtube.com/watch?v=UV0S6ts3sW8