Travelling
visited countries - as per 2014
Visited countries - as per 2017
Visited countries - as per 2020
Visited Countries as per October 2023
I've been to:
Afghanistan, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City State), Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Macao, Malta, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Namibia, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Sao Tome and Principe, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe (80 countries)
Iran 2007 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=90
Egypt 2007, 2010 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=84
Malaysia 2008 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=68
Japan 2008 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=70
Persian Gulf region http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=78
China 2010 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=77
French Polynesia 2011 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=66
Africa 2013 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=89
Nepal 2014 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=101
Sicily 2015 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=104
Northern Ireland 2016 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=57
Argentina - Chile 2016 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=107
Isle of Man 2017 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=111
Russia 2017 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=112
Slovenia 2018 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=115
Namibia 2019 http://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=116
Malta 2020 https://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=118
Gibraltar 2021 https://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=119
Morocco 2022 https://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=122
Jordan 2022 https://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=121
Spain Costa Verde 2023 https://www.ivana-dirk.info/index.php?id=124
YEARS OF TRAVELLING
1964
Germany – Dresden (Zwinger Gallery) – with parents
1966
Soviet Union – Ukraine – Kiev (choir Ekonom)
1967
England – Blackburn, Blackpool, Southport, Manchester, Liverpool, Strattford upon Avon, Bronte Country, Bristol, London – visiting Ann with Blanka
1968
West and East Berlin, Germany – many times
1969
1. West Berlin, Germany (Central and Northern Part) - with Alena and Majka
2. France (Paris, Bretagne) – with Majka
1970
West Berlin, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, (Lahore), India, Pakistan (Karachi), Oman (Masqat), Trucial States (Dubai), Iraq (Basra), Syria, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, West Berlin, Hungary (nine months) – with Radovan
1971
Romania and Bulgaria - July, August (six weeks) – with Honza Vrana and Co.
1972
1. East Germany (Dresden, Leipzig) CKM guide
2. Poland (Warsaw, Gdansk) ‘’
3. Soviet Union (Kiev, Kisinev, Odessa) ‘’
1973
Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norwegen - July (3 weeks) – with Zdeněk Točík, Jířa, Pavel
1974
no journey – holiday spent as a guide in Prague to earn money for flat furnishing
1975
Eastern Slovakia – Zemplinska Sirava Lake (with Ivan)
1976
Romania – Mangalia - Cedok Guide /with Ivan/
1977
1. Angola – Luanda (departure 11.6.) – with Ivan (married Dec1976)
2. Italy – Rome, Vatican (on the way to Luanda)
1978
1. Angola – Luanda, Alto Catumbela, Huambo
2. Italy – Rome, Milan (on the way to Prague)
1979
1. Angola – Luanda, Lubango
2.Bulgaria – Sofia, Austria – Vienna (on the way to Prague)
1980
1. Angola
2. Sao Tome e Principe Islands (Silvester 1979, New Year 1980)
3. Portugal (Lisboa), Spain (Madrid, Toledo) (on the way to Prague)
Lucy born
1981
1. Angola
2. Germany – Berlin (on the way to Prague)
1982
1. Angola
2. France – Paris (with Lucy and Ivan) – on the way back from Angola
3. Berlin – to improve German language – at Christian´s and Irma Lange
1983
Soviet Union – Ukraine (Kiev), Azerbaijan (Baku), Georgia (Tbilisi), Armenia (Yerevan), Caucasus (Elbrus 5642 m), Lake Sevan – July (with Ivan - by car – three weeks)
1984
1. Berlin (Christian Lange’s family)
2. Slovakia – High Tatras – with Ivan and Lucy
Petra born
1985
1. Hungary – Budapest, Balaton Lake (with Ivan and Lucy)
2. Cuba – with Ivana, Lucy and Petra – via Montreal
1986
Cuba (flights via Montreal, Canada)
1987
Cuba (excursions to Isla dela Juventud, Guama)
1988
1. Cuba
2. Mexico - Ciudad de Mexico, Taxco, Acapulco (with Lucy)
1989
1. Cuba – excursion to Eastern Provinces – Santiago do Cuba
2. Nicaragua (Managua) – with Lucy and Petra at Pokluda´s – New Year
3. United States of America (with Ivan) – New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls – Canada - Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto
4. East Germany – Kapelendorf, Berlin
1990
1. Denmark, Sweden, Poland (with Lucy, Petra, Ivan)
2. Germany – Weimar / seminar/
3. Germany - Berlin (Goethe Institute - GI)
1991
1. Germany – Hamburg (GI)
2. Austria – Vienna, Salzburg (with Lucy, Petra, Ivan)
3. Germany – Dresden (T U)
4. Holland, Belgium (female club –Majka, Ivana Nemy, Michala, Ivana Crocket)
5. New Year’s Eve – hotel Krakonos Marianske Lazne (with Lucy and Petra)
1992
1. Finland – Helsinki Vaasa
2. Spain (Calella, Barcelona, Figueras, Montserrat – (with Lucy and Petra)
3. Germany – Berlin (GI)
1993
1. France – Paris (with Lucy and Petra)
2. Germany – Reutlingen, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Darmstadt
3. New Year’s Eve – hotel Krakonos, Marianske Lazne – with Lucy and Petra
1994
1. Germany – Duisburg, Essen, Xanten, Bonn; Holland – Arcen – at Dorothea Reiche´s
2. Denmark – Copenhaven (at Borge´s), Jotland – Arhus, Skagen (with Lucy and Petra) -
3. England – London – Higgs and Hill
4. Finland – Helsinki, Vaasa (conference)
1995
1. Austria – Vienna
2. Hong Kong, Macau, China
3. Austria – Russbach (at Georg Gimpl´s), Italy – Venice – (all with Lucy and Petra)
4. Poland - Krakow – Conference
1996
1. Norway – Oslo (at Per Romanowski´s
2. Greece – Crete – (with Lucy and Petra)
3. Finland – Helsinki, Vaasa – conference
4. England – London – Higgs and Hill
5. New Year’s Eve – Austria – Russbach – with Lucy and Petra
1997
1. Thailand – Bangkok, Hong Kong (February)
2. Germany – Germersheim – conference
3. China – Hong Kong (May)
4. Germany – Kapellendorf, Weimar (with Petra, collecting Lucy)
5. Spain – Mallorca (with Lucy and Petra)
6. England – Godalming, London
7. U.SA. – New York (October – 15th October) - with GEORGE
8. England – West Kirby
9. New Year’s Eve – Tunisia – (with George, Lucy and Petra, Sabine, George, Schmiedels)
1998
1. England – West Kirby - February
2. Italy – Florence - Easter
3. Croatia – Korcula Island – with Lucy and Petra - July
4. England – West Kirby – Garden Party Carnival on the River Dee - July
5. South Africa – main holiday with George - Cape Town + Round Trip - August
6. Austria – Vienna - September
7. New Year’s Eve – U.S.A. Florida – St. Petersburg, Orlando, Disney
Land (with George, Lucy, Petra, Sabine, George Jun., Schmiedels)
1999
1. England - West Kirby - February
2. Germany – Dortmund, Bottrop - April
3. Portugal – Lisboa, Algarve – Easter – with Lucy and Petra
4. Finland – Helsinki, Vaasa – conference - April
5. Austria – Vienna – with Lucy and Petra - June
6. England – West Kirby, Liverpool, Chester - June
7. England – Cambridge, London, Wales, garden party a la Italiana (Lucy and Petra) - July
8. Hawaii – main holiday with George - Oahu, Kauai - August
9. Germany – Dortmund – December – company Christmas venue
10.New Year’s Eve – India – Bombay, Goa (George, Lucy and Petra, George Jun., Sabine)
2000
1. England – London (Rosicky, Munzar) – beg. of February
2. England – West Kirby – (George’s Birthday - horse cart to Hilbre Island - February
3. Italy – Tuscany – Montecatini, Firenze, Siena, Lucca – Easter – with Lucy and Petra
4. England – Birmingham – exhibition - July
5. Iceland, Ireland – main holiday with George – July/August
6. England – West Kirby (with mother) – Garden Party Art Nouveau
7. Germany – Hannover – Expo, Hamburg
8. England – West Kirby, Wakefield, York, Bronte Country, Yorkshire
9. England – West Kirby
10.New Year’s Eve – Canary Islands – Tenerife (only George, George Jun., Sabine)
2001
1. England - West Kirby - February
2. Spreewald, Berlin – Easter – Lucy, Petra, Sophie, Schmiedels
3. England – West Kirby – May
4. Germany – Koeln am Rhein – Haube’s birthday - May
5. Thailand – main holiday with George - Bangkok, Koh Samui – July – hotel Le Royal Meridien Baan Taling Ngam, elephant ride
6. Switzerland – Luzern – XII. International Conference of German Teachers – beginning August – meeting Susan Herzog and Borge
7. Turkey – Side – with Lucy and Petra – August
8. England – West Kirby – engagement party 18th August, theme Opera and Musical - with Zdeněk, Milada, Zdenda
9. Germany – Dortmund – September
10.England - West Kirby – November
11.Germany – Dortmund – Muenster – 30.Nov.-2.Dec
12.England – Christmas Party – 16th December
13.New Year´s Eve – Goa, Karnataka - 26/12-5/1 – George, Lucy, Petra, George Jun., Sabine
2002
1. Koeln am Rhein – Carnival – 8. – 12.
2. West Kirby – Liverpool – George´s 60th Birthday – 19th February (Lucy and Petra)
3. Budapest – Puszta – Szetendre – Easter – 27/3-2/4 (Lucy, Petra, Christoph)
4. Germany – Stuttgart, Baden Baden, Factory Opening, 7.- 9.6.
5. England – London – business trip to Higgs and Hill offices
6. India – Nashik, Pune, Ghatghar Dam, Bushaval Power Station, Ajanta Caves – 13. – 22. 6.
7. West Kirby – Manchester –Sarah Fagan Wedding 29.6.-7.7.
8. Australia – main holiday with George – Frankfurt, Singapore, Sydney, Ayers Rock, Darwin,
Cairns, Melbourne (meeting Jana and Lisa), Singapore, Frankfurt, Prague 22.7.-9.8.
9. West Kirby – Garden Party – Theme World of Movies - (Lucy) 16. – 19. 8.
10. Vienna – with Lucy and Petra - August
11. Wakefield Conference (NATO summit)- November
12. West Kirby, Chester (Rosicky meeting) - November
13.New Year´s Eve - Morocco – Marrakech – 27th December 02 – 5th January 2003 – (George, Lucy, Petra and Samiel
2003
1. Warsaw – 1. business trip – 15. – 17. 1. Start of work for Bovis Land Lease
2. Harrow - West Kirby – business + George´s birthday – 11. –15.2.
3. Warsaw – 2. business trip – 17. – 21. 3.
4. Moscow – 1st business trip – 7. – 11. 4.
5. Rome – Easter with George – 18. – 21. 4.
6. Dortmund – George – 1. – 4. 5.
7. Warsaw – 3. business trip – 5. – 16. 5. 03
8. Dortmund (Witzen) – Muenchen – combined business/pleasure – 6.-13. 6.
9. Budapest – 1st business trip – 23. – 25. 6.
10.Warsaw – 4. business trip – 27. – 30. 6. Golf tournament
11.West Kirby – George – 4. – 6. 7.
12.France – Clermont-Ferrand – business - Michelin – 14. – 15. 7.
13.West Kirby – holiday with Lucy and Petra – Garden Party – Inventors and Discoverers – 1. – 10. 8.
14. India – holiday with George and Schmiedels – Mumbai - Kumbh Mela Nashik – Pune – 15. – 23. 8.
15.Moscow – 2nd business trip – 27. 8. – 3. 9.
16.Holland – main holiday with George – 12. – 19. 9.
17.Germany – business trip to VW Wolfsgurg 19. 9.
18.Munich – Expo Real Exhibition – 5. – 8. 10.
19.Budapest – 2nd business trip – Client Day – 9. – 10. 10.
20.West Kirby – George – 17. – 20. 10.
21. Warsaw – 5th business trip – 28. – 31. 10.
22. Brussels – Eurobuild Conference – 6th – 8th November
23. Germany – business trip Dusseldorf and 60th birthday Heide Schmiedel Dortmund-Schwerte – 20. – 23. 11.
24. Romania – business trip Bucharest/Brasov – end November
25. New Year´s Eve – The Night in the State Opera in Prague –
J. Strauss – Fledermaus (with George)
2004
1. Germany – Dresden – IWETEC/private weekend – 3. 1. – 6.1.
2. Warsaw – 6th business trip – 20. – 24. 1. - BD
3. England – West Kirby – 5. – 8. 2.
4. Austria – Vienna – The Economist Conference – 18. – 19. 2.- BD
5. Cuba – main holiday (compensating 2003) with George, Havana, Cayo Guillermo, Trinidad – 1.- 18. 3.
6. Romania – Bucharest - 22. – 26. 3. - BD
7. Belgium – Brussels – 31. 3. – 1. 4. - BD
8. India - Easter 04 - Mumbai, Nashik (new house) – 3. – 12. 4.
9. Moscow – EE Management Meeting – 14. – 17. 4.- BD
10.Wolfsburg – Industrieforum – 11.- 19.5. – BD
11.Ukraine – Kiev, Donetsk – 17.- 20.5. – BD
12.West Kirby – 27.- 31.5.
13.Romania – Bucarest, Cluj, Turda – 14.-18.6. – BD
14.Russia – St. Petersburg – 22. – 25. 6. – BD
15.Munich – 8. – 9. 7. – BD
16.Germany – Dortmund – Munich – Duesseldorf – 14. – 23. 7. – BD + wedding Sabine + George – 17. 7. (Lucy and Petra participating)
17.Munich – 4. – 6.8. – BD
18.India – main holiday 04 – (+Schmiedels) – Mumbai – Delhi – Agra – Jaipur – Nashik – 10. – 24. 8.
19.Munich – 25. – 27. 8. – BD
20.Germany – Munich 31.8. – 3. 9. – BD, 3.9. – 6. 9. – Dortmund
21.Munich – 9.9. – 10. 9. – BD
22.Munich – 13. 9. – 16. 9. – BD
23.Munich - 20. 9. – 22. 9.
24.Warsaw – 7th business trip - 23. 9. – 27. 9. Nordic Forum – BD
25.Munich – 29. 9. – 1.10. – BD
26.Munich – Expo Real – 3. 10. – 8. 10. – BD
27.Vienna – AUTOCEE – 19. 10. – 22. 10. – BD
28.Munich – 26. – 29. 10. – BD
29.Munich – 8. 11. – 12. 11. – BD
30.United Arab Emirates – Dubai, Fujairah – with George 22.-30.11.
31.Vienna – The Economist Conference – 2. – 3. 12. – BD
32.Munich – 6. – 10. 12. – BD
33.Germany – Christmas - Dortmund – Bad Sassendorf – 22. – 27.12. (with Lucy, Petra, mother, George)
34.India – New Year´s Eve – Mumbai, Nashik (with George, Lucy and Peter Szmuda)
2005
1. Per Romanowski in Prague
1. Munich 17. – 21. 1. – BD
2. Munich 31. 1. – 4. 2. – BD
3. Munich 14. – 18. 2. – BD
4. Munich 28. 2. – 4. 3. – BD
5. Romania – Bucarest, Baia Mare – 7.3. – 11.3. – BD
6. England – West Kirby Easter 05 – 24. 3. – 28. 3.
7. Munich – 29. 3. – 1. 4. – BD
8. Hamburg – Munich – Property Lunch 12.- 15. 4. – BD
9. Munich – 18. – 22. 4. – BD
10.India – Mumbai, Nashik – 25. 4. – 6. 5.
11.Munich – 9. – 13. 5. – BD
12.Frankfurt – Stuttgart – Property Lunch 17. – 20. 5. – BD
13.Duesseldorf – Berlin – Property Lunch 23. – 26. 5. – BD
14.Munich – 30. 5. – 3. 6. – BD
15.Greece – Athens – Conference 10. 6. – 15. 6. – BD
16.Munich – 20. – 24. 6. – BD
17.Munich – 4. – 8. 7. – BD
18.Munich – 18. – 22. 7. – BD (Lucy and Petra visiting Munich)
19.Munich – 1. – 5. 8. – BD
20.Munich – 15. – 18. 8. – BD
21.Dortmund – 19. – 21. 8. – Christoph + Petra Wedding 19. 8. (Lucy and Petra in Dortmund participating)
22.Wedding Ivana – George 26.8. 2005
23.Brasil – main holiday with George - Honeymoon – Paris - Rio de Janeiro – Brasilia – Manaus – Amazonas – Buzios – Rio - 28. 8. – 15. 9.
24.Munich 19. – 23. 9. – BD
25.Munich Expo Real, Inter airport Exhibition, 10. – 14. 10.- BD
26.UAE – Dubai – Dirk Conference – 25. – 30. 11. – BD
27.Munich – 14. – 16. 12. – BD
28.Dortmund – 27. 12. – 4. 1. – New Years’ Eve – Fanthom of the Opera spectacle, with Ula and Karl Ernst Freitag at their home
2006
1. January – departure for India – becoming expatriate
2. January – The Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar - business trip
3. March – Prague via Paris - 9th – 20th - birthday party
4. March – Petra and David in Nashik, India
5. May – Dortmund via Dubai and Duesseldorf (7th May Nora’s baptism), Prague 10th – 18th
6. June – 10th – 12th – Oman – business trip
7. July – Prague via Amsterdam – 2nd – 14th – holiday with Lucy and Petra in Trebon 4th – 8th July
8. August – 4th – 8th – business trip Dubai
9. August – Main holiday with George 22nd August – 3rd September – South
Tirol – Meran, Verona – celebration of 1st wedding anniversary
on 26th August in Verona, and of the first meeting in Prague nine
years ago (1997) on 29th August in Meran
10. October – Prague via Milan 14. – 27. 10.
11. November – 4th – 14th Kerala – hotel Travancore Heritage at Trivandrum – with George Jun., Sabine, Nora
12. November – 25/11 – 8/12 – first business trip to the Gulf on my own: Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait (first time)
13. November – Blanka and Milan in India
14. November – George Jun. Sabine, Nora in India
15. December – Prague via Milan - 21st December to 5th January – , Christmas in Prague. Plan for New Year’s Eve was hotel Pupp Karlovy Vary – we had to cancel it as George could not come even for Christmas because of the business crisis, Reinhard Schmiedel got ill, and my mother was taken on 27th December to the hospital – meaning no Silvester
2007
1. February – fly ash conference in Taj Bangal Calcutta
2. March – trip to Prague via Milan – birthday party – trip to West Kirby and Liverpool, Norinka in West Kirby
3. Easter - Goa – Louise by the Sea
4. June – trip via Vienna to Prague – Alena is getting married (Klenová bei Klatovy, 16th June), Norinka in Prague
5. June - Vietnam – UK Trade and Investment Mission – Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
6. September – trip via Helsinki to Prague – visited friends in Helsinki
7. October – business trip Iran, Tehran
8. October – main holiday with George - Egypt – Cairo (Giza, Memphis, Saqqara), by plane to Luxor (temples of Luxor and Karnak, mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Valley of the Kings, Colossi of Memnon), by ship to Assuan – on the way Esna temple, Edfu Temple, Kom Ombo temple, in Assuan Philae Temple on the island Agilkia, Assuan Dam, back by ship to Luxor, back by plane Cairo
9. November - Visit Majka Brandt with friend in Nashik
10.December – Christmas in Prague, Silvester Watercastle Westerburg in Harz Mountains – Goslar, Bad Harburg, Wernigerode – with Petra, Lucy, David, Ondra, George Jun. and Co.
2008
1. January – Malaysia – with George and Schmiedels – Kuala Lumpur – Borneo. Province Sabah – Resort Shangri La, Kota Kinabalu, Mount Kinabalu. Flight to Province Sarawak – Mulu Resort, Deer Cave, Wind and Clearwater Caves
2. February – George´s Birthday in Nashik – visit George Jun. and Co.,
3. February - visit Lexa and Eva Cihar in Nasik
4. March – trip to Prague via Vienna - 12th – 25th March – Easter in Prague
5. May-June – trip to Prague via Paris –
6. June – visiting Petra in Passau – with Lucy
7. June 7th – 22th – visit Lucy and Ondra in Nashik
8. July – trip to Prague via Vienna, one week in West
Kirby/Liverpool with George - Tall Ships Parade, Last night of the Proms, etc.
9. August/September – main holiday with George - August 21st – September 7th – Japan – Tokyo – Nikko – Hakone – Mount Fuji – Kyoto – Nara – West Honshu (Myiajima/O-Torri, Hiroshima) – Gero onsen - Takayama – Gifu – 26th August – 3rd Anniversary Celebration below Mount Fuji, Hakone
10.October – trip to Prague via Vienna – 3. – 16. 10.
11.October/November – 24.10.-3.11. – business trip to Gulf region with George and Javed – Oman – Emirates – Qatar – Bahrain
12.December – trip to Prague via Dubai and Larnaca, Cyprus (4 days), Christmas in Prague
13.December – Silvester in Dortmund with George, Sabine, Nora
2009
1. March – round birthday celebration – the Caves and Goa – visit Lucy, Ondrej, Petra, David, George Jun. and many others
2. March/beginning April – trip to Prague via Helsinki
3. April – trip to Goa, search for real estate
4. May – Oman – seminar and business trip
5. June – trip to Prague via Munich for Lucys wedding (12.6.) and Petra´s Graduation (1.7.)
6. August – trip to Prague via Zurich -
7. August/beginning September – main holiday with George – Germany – Binz (on Ruegen), Stralsund, Berlin
8. October – Bahrain – seminar and business trip
9. December – Christmas and New Year´s Eve celebration in Bad Schandau (Bastei, Dresden) – with Lucy, Ondrej, Petra, David, George Jun. and Co. , Silvester with Schmiedels as well
2010
1. January - First stay in new Goa House – Casa Jorge
2. February – seminar in Egypt, Cairo, Alexandria
3. February – trip to Prague via Cairo – 60th birthday Majka Dětenice
4. February – stay in Goa – George´s birthday celebration
5. March – trip to Prague via Frankfurt – Ivana´s birthday party
6. April – stay in Goa (after George´s Jun. rikshaw run)
7. April – Sri Lanka – business trip, Colombo, Kandy
8. May-June – Petra and David in Cuba
9. June – trip to Prague via Munich and Frankfurt – ladies weekend by car with Lucy and Petra to Koeln am Rhein – Cirque du Soleil
10.June-beginning July – main holiday with George (combined with business trip) to China – Mumbai – Hongkong - Shanghai – YiChang-Yangtze Cruise-Chongquing – Guilin – Xian – Beijing – Shanghai
11.August – trip to Prague via Munich (Frankfurt) - Lisa and Penelope in Prague, Michal´s wedding, excursion with classmates to Olomouc
12. August – trip to Goa – celebration of 5th Wedding Anniversary
13. October – trip to Prague via Munich (Frankfurt) – celebration of Michaela´s and Ivana Nemynářová´s 60th birthday in Gmünd, Austria
14. November – Diwali in Goa
15.November – Seminar in Bhopal
16.December – Christmas/New Years Eve in Goa
2011
February – Svetlana Rozenska + Dasa + Regina in Nashik and Goa
March – Delhi conference – sight seeing with Blanka and Milan Moestl
March - Prague birthday party
May – Goa
May – June – Prague – meeting of classmates Resslovka, Petra-David Wedding (4th June)
June – Petra, David – honeymoon in Vienna
August – 6th wedding anniversary – Nashik
September – 6th – 11th Dortmund Anna baptism, Nora school – Lucy, Petra and co.
September 27th – October 23rd main holiday with George – New Zealand – Tahiti – Bora Bora –
Singapore – Bangkok (Thailand – Holcim conference)
October 24th – 30th – Goa – Diwali
December 7th-14th – Goa – rest after the quarterly board meeting in Panjim
December – ladies weekend – with Lucy and Petra – Castle Herálec (17.-18th Dec)
December – Christmas in Prague, Silvester and New Year in Dortmund
2012
February – 18th George 70th birthday Goa (Lucy, Petra, David, Ondřej, Georg Jun.)
March – birthday Ivana – Prague (without George)
April – Easter – Goa (Georg S., Sabine, Nora, Anna)
May – 1st – 4th May – Singapore – workshop for marketing
May 6th – opening of HiRise plant
May – June – 25th May – 17th June – Prague – 70th birthday Jiří Štulc Chudenice
June – ladies weekend – with Lucy and Petra – Litomyšl (8th – 10th June)
May – June – 22th May – 8th June – George, Javed business trip to the
Middle East (Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, Oman)
May – Goa – George, Reinhard, Johannes
June – 25th – 30th – Singapore LIP conference in hotel Marina Bay Sands
August – 15th August – 7th September – main holiday in Europe (Britain-
Edinburgh Cultural Festival, West Kirby, Germany- Dortmund,
Czech Republic – Prague
September – October – Prague
November – Goa (Diwali)
November – visit Svetlana Rozenská with niece
December – Christmas – Prague, Silvester/New Year – Dortmund (Ballet Revolucion, + with Georg Jun. and Co)
2013
February – business trip Bahrain (conference and exhibition)
March - Amritsar + Jalandhar (UKIERI conference in Punjab)
March – Prague – birthday celebration (via Munich), without George,
power station problems (court case lost)
April – Lucknow, Kanpur – Harish´s wedding
May – Prague – classmates´ encounter
August – Prague – Dortmund – Garden Party in Villa Tremonia with the theme The End of the Raj
September – Goa – Ganesha Holidays
October – Prague – emergency - getting the new passport
October- 19th Oct – 3rd Nov – main holiday Africa, South Africa, Zambia, Tanzania, Zaznizbar -
Mumbai - Johannesburg – Livingstone (Victoria Falls) – Kilimanjaro – safari in Ngorongoro and Serengetti – Aruja – Kilimanjaro – Zanzibar (back flight over Muscat)
November – ladies weekend with Lucy and Petra – castle Vráž (near Písek) wellness hotel (16th -17th November)
November- Diwali in Goa
December – Christmas-New Year Goa Marshall Retreat – Christmas Eve with Lucy and Ondřej – New Year Eve with George in hotel Hyatt
2014
March – Czech Republic – Prague – birthday celebration (without George)
May – Dortmund, Birmingham (Golden Wedding Prof. Dhir + Bharti), West Kirby, Prague (wedding Mats + Ariel),
Vienna – ladies weekend with Lucy and Petra (Cirque de Soleil)
August – Prague, Dortmund – Garden Party – The Roaring Twenties (or Great Gatsby)
30th August moving to Goa - villa Ivanka
October – 12th – 22nd – main holiday in Nepal – Kathmandu – Dhulikel (Dwarika resort) – Bandipur (Old Inn) – Pokhara (Fulbari Resort – Annapurna massif) – Royal Chitwan National Park (Machan Villa Lodge)
December – Dortmund (arrival 1st Dec, George´s eyes operation) Christmas – Prague Slavíkova (at Petra´s with everybody), New Year Eve – Dortmund (George Jun. and co)
2015
March – June – Czech Republic, Prague. Excursions: Bodenmais in Bavarian Forest (Hotel Mooshof) +
Regensburg, Granny´s Valley East Bohemia (Ceska Skalice Villa Cerych), Louny (visiting
Blanka and Milan)
May – Gmünd – Ladies weekend with Lucy and Petra
May – Dresden – female outing – together after many years
June – August – West Kirby – excursions London, Liverpool, Wales
August – October – Dortmund – garden party Bavarian Way of Life
September – 12th – 27th – main holiday in Sicily (Taormina, Palermo, Agrigento, Syracuse)
October – departure for India 25th, travel to UKIERI conference in Jalandhar, Punjab; visit of Karl Heinz
Schmeller and Eva
December – Christmas Eve in Goa, New Year´s Eve Goa (hotel Hyatt) with George Jun. and family
2016
January – visit Petra and David in Goa
February – trip to Bangalore (celebration of George´s birthday), visit of
Lucy and Ondřej (Feb to March)
March – arrival in Prague, launch of the novel
April – George back to India to sort out Vishnu´s matter
April – Rome – Ash Europe conference – Mariana born 20. 4.
May – visit Hluboká Castle
June – visit Belgium (Philippe and Ingrid) and Netherlands – Alken,
Maastricht, Rotterdam
June – arrival in West Kirby via Belgium, Europort, Hull
July – Ulster – Belfast, Giant´s Causeway, Rope Bridge
August – arrival in Dortmund – Garden Party Rulers
September – wedding Melanie and Andreas
October – George in India, Ivana´s stay in Prague
October – Ladies Day with Lucy and Petra (Prague – Vinohrady Theatre Infinity of Dreams)
November – main holiday Argentina, Chile (Buenos Aires, Mendoza, El Calafate, Punta Arenas, Stella Australis ship – Magellan Straights, Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn – Ushuaia – Buenos Aires – Madrid – Düsseldorf – Dortmund
Lucie – Ondřej – Holandsko (Amsterdam, Harlem), Eurocon Barcelona
Petra – David – Budapest ??
December – Christmas (Slavíkova); New Year´s Eve (Boat Cecilie on the Vltava River) in the Czech Republic – Simon born 19. 12.
2017
January – Prague (Georgs departure to Goa 10th Jan)
February till middle of March – Goa – 18. 2. Birthday party George (75), visitors Georg Junior, Alena and Mirek Bauer, Šárka Cikhartová
Excursion to Mount Abu, Rajastan (Brahma Khumari)
March – Prague - birthday party Elysium 24. 3., excursion to Hrubá Skála, 31. 3. Vendulka and Jiří Linhartovi wedding
April – Prague
George´s trip to Nashik and Goa, India – Sajis Loan, transformer for Marshall Retreat (10.– 22. 4.)
Tonda Patera and Dana Slavíková (plus daughter Lucie Slavíková) in villa Ivanka
May – Lednice – Outing with female club (Majka, Michala, IvanaCrockett, Ivana Nemy, Blanka)
June – Franzensbad – hotel Harvey, 20th June by train to Dortmund
June – West Kirby – arrival from Europort to Hull 27th June
July – West Kirby – Nora visiting
July – Excursion to Isle of Man from West Kirby
August – Garden Party Dortmund Noah´s Arch
September – main holiday Russia – St. Petersburg, cruise from St Petersburg to Moscow (stops at Mandrogi, Kizhi Island in Onega Lake, Goritsy on White Lake, Uglich)
October – Dortmund, Prague
November – flight to Goa 1st November - via Mumbai and Nashik
December – Christmas Eve and New Year´s Eve in Goa (with George Jun. and family)
2018
January Goa - Visit of Petra, David, Mariana
February Goa – Visit Šárka Denková and Jiří
March - Return to Prague, Birthday Celebration in Café Alchymist, Jana Zajíce Street, Prague
April – Broken knee
May – Lucy – China - Beijing
August – Petra, David, Mariana – Resort Santa Catherina – near Pelhrimov
October – Lucy, Ondrej, Simon – Greece Zakynthos Island
October – Main Holiday Slovenia, Italy – Ljubljana, Portoroz, Piran, Lipica, Isola, Duino Castle (Italy), Trieste (Italy)
November – Ladies Outing Only with Lucy and Petra – weekend in Dresden by train
December - Christmas Prague at Petra´s, Silvester Berlin
2019
January - India
February – India – Visit Lucy, Andrew, Simon, on Georg´s birthday also Georg Junior
March – Prague – 70th birthday Ivana hotel Palace
April – Dortmund
April – Lucy Czocha Castle Poland – College of Wizardry
May – Prague –
May - Ladies Outing Only with Lucy and Petra – weekend in Karlštejn
May – Petra, David, Mariana – house in crown of the tree – Strnadovský mlýn
June – 26th June – Dominik Maleček born 5,45 a.m. in the morning
July – Prague
End July – August – West Kirby
August – Lucy, Andrew, Simon – Slovenia Portoroz
September – main holiday Namibia – 12th September till 28th September – by Air Namibia Frankfurt – Windhoek, Kalahari, Fish River Canyon, Aus, Luederitz, Duwisib, Sossusvleis, Namib, Swakopmund, Walvis Bay,Erongo mountains, Etosha Safari Park, Tsumeb, Windhoek.
October – Dortmund
November – Prague
2020
January – departure India 13th Jan with Qatar Airways directly to Goa
Visit in Goa Petra and Christoph Freitag
March – birthday celebration in hotel Ala Diva Goa, the day before lock down because of Corona virus. The subsequent holiday to Bali (Meranis wedding) cancelled from the same reason
- Repatriation flight by Czech Embassy - Sunday 29th March – Goa – Mumbai – Yerevan – Hannover – Prague, got off the plane in Hannover
April – June – Dortmund
July – middle August – Prague (George remaining in Dortmund), 15th August family celebration of Lucy´s 40th birthday
15th August – 20th September – Dortmund
September - 20th to 30th – main holiday Malta
(Sliema - hotel 1926, sightseeing Valletta, Mdina, Gozo, Comino and all around – in spite of Corona)
November – December – Lucy, Andrew and kids in Dortmund, celebration Sofie´s, Simon´s, Andrew´s birthday
December – Christmas Eve and Silvester in Dortmund Villa Tremonia (with Lucy and Co)
2021
January – Lucy, Andrew and kids still in Dortmund – Corona going on – departure beginning February
February – Anna´s and Georg´s birthday, Valentine in villa Tremonia
March – still no birthday party Ivana, 18th March departure – Dortmund
– Frankfurt – Prague – 19th March 1st vaccination Moderna
Ladies weekend only on Bella Vista – substitute for 2020
April – in Prague – 16th April 2nd vaccination Corona
Celebration Mariana´s and David´s birthday
May – Lucy and Petra one week in Egypt Marsa Alam at the Red Sea, all
inclusive in Concorde Moreen Beach Resort hotel, Lucy a trip to
Luxor
31st May – meeting classmates from Resslova
June – 1st June – departure by train – Prague – Dortmund
5th June – 16th June – journey to Andalusia to buy a new flat –
Estepona – Marbella - Málaga
Lucy - Eurocon – Italy - Fiuggi
July – 26th July to 29th September – Estepona furnishing the flat
October – Ivana Prague, George Dortmund (dentist)
Majka and Pavel´s Golden Wedding 1/10
November – 10th November George departure Goa - (return 9th December to Prague)
November – Ladies only outing with Lucy and Petra – castle Loučeň (labyrinths and mazes)
12 –14 Nov
December – departure 11th December - Ivana, George, Lucy, Andrew, Simon, Sofie flying from Prague to Málaga, Christmas Eve and Silvester together in Estepona (Silvester also with Alfons and Kiki), Lucy and Co. staying till 8th January – visiting Gibratar, Málaga, Marbella
2022
February – visiting Cádiz, Málaga (Picasso Museum) departure Estepona to Dortmund 13th February
18th February – Georg´s 80th Birthday, all 3 families present, celebration in Villa Tremonia
(in spite of typhoon obstacles when travelling from Prague to Dortmund by train)
March – 6th March 2022 departure to India, Goa, till 17th April 2022 – total 2022 - 42 days
April – on return from Goa 2 nights in Dubai – The Museum of the Future, departure 19th April - George leaving from Dubai to Duesseldorf, staying in Dortmund, Ivana leaving from Dubai to Prague
May – 5th to 8th May – Ladies only outing with Lucy and Petra – Naples, Pompey, Capri
End of May – George coming to Prague, Lisa and Paul coming from Australia to Prague to celebrate
her 50thbirthday + Paul in Prague (23rd May – joint excursion to Karlsbad)
June – beginning of the month - excursion with George by glazed boat on Vltava river, dinner in stalactite
restaurant Triton
Meeting with classmates in English studies of the Faculty of Arts and professor Jarmila Emmerová
June - 19th June – Ivana tested positive with Corona
July – 5th July – departure Ivana from Prague to Dortmund
George Junior with family in Estepona – 6th July to 20th July
August – Šárka Denková visited Dortmund 16th to 20th August
18th to 24th Aug Lucy, Andrew, Sophie and Simon in Dubai
23rd August – departure Duesseldorf to Prague
September – in Prague - Mariana´s first school day
3rd September Hans Weber and Lucie wedding party in hotel Hoffmeister,
9th September – meeting of classmates in Germanistic studies with Professor Stromšík
16th September – flight Prague – Málaga
October – Estepona – 22nd Sep – 6th Oct visit Blanka and Milan Moestl, together excursion to Granada and
holiday in Morocco
Small holiday in the north of Morocco – Algeciras – ferry toCeuta – Tetouan – Chefchaoen –
Fes – Meknes – Volubilis – Larache – Asilah – Tangier – Ceuta – Algeciras – Estepona
27th September to 4th October
Petra and David – visiting Norway 5th to 10th October, eeting Per in Oslo, Allegiance –
LARP (Live Action Role Play) about Cold War in Skien
10th – 21st October – Alena and Mirek Bauer in Estepona –
Gibraltar, Ronda, Málaga, Marbella
27th October – departure Málaga to Duesseldorf
November – Main holiday in Jordan (Studiosus) 3rd to 16th November – Amman – Gerasa – Madaba – Mount Nebo – Dead Sea – Wadi Mudjib – Kerak – Petra – Wadi Rum – Aqaba – Amman
Departure to Prague Ivana 23rd November to 7th December
December – 11th December – departure Duesseldorf – Dubai, Dubai – Mumbai, Mumbai – Goa
Arrival Lucie, Ondrej, Simon, Sofie 18th December, departure 5th January
Christmas Eve villa Ivanka, New Years Eve celebration hotel Planet Hollywood
2023
January – departure Lucy and Co from India 5th Jan
February – our postponed departure from Mumbai to Germany 22nd
Feb, visit in Goa Johannes and his friend Robert 2nd – 4th
Feb, George Junior 9th – 13th Feb Total 53 days in 2023
March – 16th March, my 1st birthday celebration Dortmund,
visit Petra, Mariana and Simon in Dortmund 11th – 18th March
18th March – departure Dortmund to Prague –
my birthday celebrations – 1st – University, 2nd female party, 3rd family party
in U dobré myšlenky (At the good thought), 4th with Majka and
Alena Oplatková
George departure Prague – Dortmund 27th March
April – Prague - departure Ivana from Prague to Dortmund 21st April, staying till 5th May
Lucie – Vietnam 11. – 21. 4. – Saigon (Ho Chi Min City), Mekong Delta, Mui Ne
May – departure Dortmund to Prague 5th May with George
Lucy at Metropol Con Berlin Multimedia Event for Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror – 18th to 20th
Excursion to Vienna with George by train – Belvedere, Albertina, Time Travel, State Opera –22.-24.
June – Petra, David, Mariana, Dominik – Estepona – 2nd – 10th June
Petra – conference Bulgaria Sofia – 13th – 15th June
George – leaving Prague for Dortmund 13th June
Nora and friends in Estepona 18th June to 29th June
Ladies only outing with Lucy and Petra in Olomouc 24th to 25th June
Ivana – return from Prague to Dortmund 27th June
Zdeněk and family – 21st – 28th – holiday Jasná pod Chopkom hotel Grand Slovakia
July - departure Georg Junior with family to the U.S.A. 3rd July till 24th July
Petra business trip Brussels 18th – 21st July
Lucy, Petra and families - Camps 22nd July to 5th August
August – departure Ivana Dortmund – Prague 25. 8.
September – Departure Georg Dortmund – Prague 1.9.
David – Alicante – desk games 7th till 12th September
Our departure Prague – Málaga – 12th September
Petra business trip Brussels – 3rd to 6th September
Mukund in Prague – 7th – 10th September
Main Holiday – trip by Costa Verde Express in the northern Spain (Galicia, Asturia, Canabria, Basque Country) 26th September to 1st October
October – Zdeněk and family holiday in Jordan
November – our stay in Estepona until 22nd November (starting 12th September)
Departure Málaga Ivana to Prague, Georg Dortmund
December – planned departure to India (directly to Goa via Doha) on 6th December