On Saturday went on rafting trip by Vltava river from Vyssy Brod to Cesky Krumlov with friends Gerald and Nick and Elsa + 10 more French people. We did not get a change to speak much to French people and Elsa since we were going the fastest. I would recomend you try this sport one day. Cool feelings in your mind and body after 8 hours on the water. You may find all the info at: http://www.ingetour.cz/boat-rental-canoes-rafts/general/basic-information
We were afraid of our camers getting wet so NO Photoes for today.

This week I'm volunteering for the international theater festival Fringe (PragueFringe.cz) .
The concepts and events are unbelivably cool, as you may find out from some photos. So many happenings in one week!!! You can enjoy one great performance after another. My personal hit parade of the shows:

1. Velvet Scratch
2. The Friends of Jack Kairo
3. Stephen Frost Impro Allstars
4. A play on two chairs
5. Troubadour
6. Blow This Popsicle stand

The weekend of May 24-28 my Dutch friends Pieter (wich whom we have been rommates for 3 months in Ostrava during the AIESEC traineeship) and George (his friend) from Rotterdam has visited Prague and I hosted them. We aslo had a farewel party for Elsa on Friday (she will come back to France after a year of ERASMUS studies here in Prague). Photoes here.

My dear friend Deniska (we have studied in university together for 5 years) jast sent me few photoes (top right - amigos Denis and Nastja, buttom - Nastja's black cat) from his reunion with school mates. Can you imagine it that we have graduated from school 10 years ago and from university 5 years ago?

Been to a great and fantastic ballet yesterday "Solo pro Tri". Modern choreography theatre inspired by the lives and songs of three singing poets of the 1960s and 1970s French - Jacques Brel, Russian - Vladimir Vysotsky and Czech - Karel Kryl.

Photoes from last week-end as Kirsten was visiting from Germany and Albert from Canada. What a reunion of ex-AIESEC trainees from Ostrava in Prague!!!

Ura!!! My cousin Zephyralka (known by parents as Lida) has sent me her photoes from adventures in Canada, where she is visiting her bro and my cousin MAX and his pretty Katerina...

My colleague Martin has just came back from his 2 weeks vocations in Cuba. Fantastic views and colors!!! Photoes here.

I have came back from 10 fantastic days of visit my home in Ukraine - Kyiv. On the way we had a great visit in Lviv with my sister, then we went to visit our grandparents in Lutsk, and finally came back to Kyiv. Of caurse most of the time I have spent with mam, dad, sis and grandma, but I have met most of my friends.

I would say it was defenetely the best home coming event for last 4 years. I'm all so happy and now I'm looking forward to my future with a dream of come back to Kyiv some day, have own business there, own property, few fast cars and the most important - family with kids.

As for now I'm just homesick, but looking at all those moments make me smile and fell happy. You can check the photo report from the trip by yourself.

Kostya sent me photoes from this weekend. He celebrated WW2 Victory Day with colleagues at his garden. I wish I could join the celebration...but I was having a greatest fun in Kyiv. Well we would do another "shashlyky picnic" sometime this summer.

I'm on the few vocation days in Kyiv now. I have met with Natashia and Sasha, cool friends as we all have started our careers at KP Publications. I have just recieved a link to their online photo gallery. I hope they will come to see me in Prague sometime this year.

Evgeniy Kravchenko, who is now residing and doing business in Romania, my former colleague from Mitridat.com has sent me his cool Picasa web photo album.

Sunny Sunday passed. Had a nice romantic walk with Olya, went to gym, done shopping and laundry.

On Friday happened to visit a small underground party "Metrodesert" in the tiny newly opened club in downtown. The friendly deep house vibe was going all over the place it was very friendly and dynamic.

Then have met my rommate Elsa at the Infinity club where she went with her man Vincent, who is visiting over the week-end from France.

And on Saturday I have been showing aroung to my colleage from work Lisa, who is in Prague on her vocation with family. We have bought some souvenires at central souvenir market, yammy cocolates from Cocolada store (Husova 1, Praha1, tel. 222.220.353) and a stylish scarf at Zara.

Photo report here.

My close friend Vlad has sent me the photoes of his som Jutiy being baptised. My congratulations Vlad to you and your family!!! Keep it going strong!!! In God we trust.

I have just recieved a feedback from Beata on her stay in Prague over the weekend. Beata, thanks for your kind words and artistic photoes! It was a great pleasure to have you as a charming, fun and responcive guest! Hope to meet some day again...

Beata has just posted a comment on www.HospitalityClub.org site about her stay in Prague:

"I stayed 2 days at his flat in Praha. He organized an Ukrainian dinner for his friends who appeared to be really great people and then we all went to a disco. He was a perfect host - understanding, caring and helpful. "

and posted this comment about you:
"Ivan is so charming!! Amazingly intelligent gentleman with great sense of humour. He is a brilliant leader, very organised, with lots of outstanding ideas how to spend time in the most exciting way, always joyfully taking what is best in life. He has lot of stories to tell as his life experiance and his travels are really impressing. I had very interesting conversations with him and loads of fun while wandering in the city, taking pictures, shopping... This is HC REALITY. You can see it here: http://picasaweb.google.com/kakmnogo
Thank you once again Ivan, do vstrechi! :) "

I have posted photos (also photos taken by Kostya) with comments about this perfect spring weekend in April that combined UA borsch and drinks cooking party on Saturday, Bottleon Spanish drinking gathering and dancing at Solidni Nejstota and on Sunday - Japanese posters exhibition and beer garden at Letna. Not to mention that Beata from Warsaw was my first guest visiting via Hospitalityclub.org network.

Something happened yesterday evening, that maid me laugh and smile much. In search for a romance I have created an online profile at http://www.lide.cz/Distant.Honey. Well guess who has requested being accepted as a friend? Kateřina Sokolová, http://www.lide.cz/miss.Sokolova, who has become Miss Czech Republic 2007 this Sunday, April 15th.

Photoes from the Miss Czech Republic 2007 event here.

HELL YEAH!!! ;-)
GO KATERINA!!!

My friend Max has sent me a URL link to the online images of automobiles and motorcycles that you could find insinde the bubble gum TURBO, that was originally maid in Turkey during 1990ies, but were the first wave of something special and spicy from external world outside of Communism with it's ugly unchanged cars. I have been collecting them starting from 1st class of school till 5th. I have got them all from 51 to 120. This was a very memorable collection for me for some I had to budget my last money, for them I have spent my first cash earnings from milk delivery service, for some I have been in my first embarrasing finghts and of course fair trading with friends. I believe I have presented them to my friend as I was transfering to another school. It is hard for me to track the past fate of my collection, but from what I see now online I can recorgnize every line on every image now. HOW can't you believe in miracles after all?

P.S. My favourite were N51 Ferrari (Testarossa), N68 Lamborgini, N74 Rolse Royce, N105 Aston Martin.

Just came back from the concert of my dreams. FAITHLESS.
It was amazingly positive drive there. See some colored emotions in photoes.


Alla an alumni of US exchange FLEX program was visiting me this extended Easter week-end. She is now studying in Vienne. Also her boyfriend Amit came from Vienne to meet with his younger sister, who came to seem him from Israel. Complicated?! Maybe - but it defenetely was fun as you could see from here. She said she enjoyed the trip - I believe she did.

P.S. I have launched a Picasa free online photo gallery from Google. I have switched from Flikr on Yahoo since the later offers only limited free services. Go Google Picasa!!! ;-)

• At the Narodni Divadlo on the Raymonda ballet last Saturday. The best ballet I have seen sofar in Czech Republic. Was a fantastic story, costumes, atmosphere and music. Bravo!!!
  

• The perfect burito I have made myself from the original Mexican components. Yammy!!!
  

• At the original Mexican lunch last Saturday
  

• At the Polish Bday few weeks ago