Walk to work in Africa

I'd forgotten about a video I made of my walk to work from the house on site in Nairobi. 
Here's part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-d6AkNkDMk

 and here's part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fIEmJC72e8

All very different from here at the moment. Rain and mushrooms in the forest.

Babický běh - Babice 10k

Michael and Jack did a run today. Jack ran 3 k but owing to failure to mark out the course properly, there was great confusion for the runners about where to go, so Jack and other approached the finish from the other end! (and did more than 3 k)  M ran 54 minutes, considering he is out of training, that's not bad. The course was uphill in Czech forest. I had a super time chatting, buying and eating cake and generally getting a bit of sun.

Monika and Michael came to visit in the afternoon and so we walked in the forest and ate more cake. A good day.

Kluci běželi Babický běh dneska. Jakub běžel 3 k ale bylo to špatně značený, takže běžci bloudili. Jakub a ostatní dokonce doběhli k finiši z opačné strany, než se mělo! Michael to uběhl za 54 minut, což není špatné, když vůbec netrénoval. Byli tu i elitní sportovci. Dokonce přišel David Svoboda, který lechce oddychoval po běhu ale jinak jsem na něm nespatřila jiné známky námahy. Byly stánky, hudba, veselo. Odpoledne jsme měli návštěvu, Moniku s rodinou. Krásný den.

 

All relaxed before the race - ještě nezačali

the start line for 10 k začátek 10 k

start line of the 3k začátek 3k

just after the end of the 3k konec 3 k

end of the 10k konec 10k

traditional Czech food

konec

Jack's first day at school - první den v primě

Michael and Jack cycled in to school - the gymnázium (high school) - in the nearest town. Jack is thrilled at the lack of uniform, but shocked he has to buy his own exercise books.  There's just one class of around 30 children per year.

Jakub se tam citíl dobře ale byl hrozně unavený, protože se musel hodně snažit s češtinou. A bude hůř.....

Look, no uniform- žádný stejnokroj per year.

pictures of the school - fotky školy

As you can see, it's all very modern. We have nicknamed the staffroom (yellow bit) air traffic control. Jak je vidět, je to všechno nové a modern

Air traffic control aka staffroom - sborovna je žlutá

View from air traffic control to the dorms - výhled ze sborovny na koleje

Jack is in - Jakub to zvládl

Jack has passed the entrance exams to his new school in the nearby town of Ricany. He is looking forward to / a bit nervous about starting next Monday. I'll post pictures soon.
Jakub to zvládl - udělal přijímačky. Super!


The boys have adapted the local game of florbal, played indoors, to the outside astro, playing barefoot. Kluci hrají florbal - venku!

Michael showing off a florbal stick

 

                     Last week, we celebrated my cousin's birthday in Karlovy Vary.
                              Minulý týden jsme slavili s Mirkou ve Varech.