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 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 Africamain 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.    Hawaiimain 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, Irelandmain 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. Thailandmain 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.  Australiamain 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 GeorgeNew 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 RetreatChristmas 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

DecemberChristmas 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

OctoberMain Holiday Slovenia, Italy  – Ljubljana, Portoroz, Piran, Lipica, Isola, Duino Castle (Italy),  Trieste (Italy)

NovemberLadies 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