I will save you the suspense, yes I made it to the other side. To see more and BETTER pictures - follow my link to Arif's flicker site. Usetrim vas neistoty, ano dostala som sa na druhu stranu. Aby ste videli viac a LEPSIE fotky - chodte kliknite na linku ktora vas zavedie na Arifovu flicker stranku.

Celia in action. Celia v akcii.

Lunchtime. Obed.

Celia, Arif and Erin contemplating the incredible spring! Celia, Arif a Erin v zamysleni.

Karst spring hike. Amazing! This is just a few meters from the source. The water rushes from beneath a giant rock at incredible speed - see how white the water is! Karst spring turicka. Uzasne! Tato fotka je len zopar metrov od zaciatku pramena. Voda sa vali z popod obrovskeho brala nesmiernou rychlostou - vidno aka je biela.

After the snow melted. It's quite unbelievable that they were fine under the snow for about a week or so. This is April 9th? Potom ako sa roztopil sneh. Neuveritelne, ze boli pod snehom asi tyzden.

Radka, basting the turkey. Radka, navlhcuje morku.

Stuffing Lillydale. Hmm, ako sa to len povie. No, prave pcham nadievku do morky (Lillydale je morkova firma).

Preparing the turkey for tomorow's Easter dinner. Chystanie morky na zajtrajsi Velkonocny obed.

Crocuses under snow. They have been covered for a few days now. I am curious to see what happened to them. April 7. Krokusy pod snehom. Uz su tam niekolko dni, som zvedava ze co sa s nimi stalo.

March 29.

March 28. Dusk. Sumrak.

March 27. It snowed today, but the crocuses seem to be doing fine. I never realized how incredibly fast they grow! One crocus a day (except when it gets cold like today). This little excercise of documenting their growth has been really enjoyable. Dnes snezilo, ale krokusy vyzeraju byt v poriadku. Vobec som si neuvedomila, ze ako rychlo rastu! Jeden krokus za den (okrem dni ako dnes, ked je zima). Tento proces dokumentacie ich rastu ma bavi.

March 25.

One day later. Growing up real fast! (March 25th) O den neskor. Rastu ako z vody.

Spring is here!!! The first two crocuses in our garden! Jar je tu!!! (March 24th) Prve dva krokusy v nasej zahradke!

Trisha, Yvonne, Kyle, Radka, Trevor, Marcus, Krystal and me, on second thought, it is a weird pose. Hmm, je to trosku divna poza.

Curling. It was my first time, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Takyto sport asi nie je na Slovensku, no z tychto fotiek sa o nom mozno nieco dozviete. Bol to moj prvy krat a velmi sa mi to pacilo!

Portrait.

View from the Sulphur Mountain. Vyhlad zo Sulphur Mountain.

Another part of our project. Dalsia cast naseho projektu.

Part of our group's project. Cast naseho projektu.

The river valley. Rieka v udoli.

Banff. 3 day studio - group design-build projects. My Mexican classmates. Banff. Troj-dnovy atelier - skupinove projekty od dizajnu po "stavbu". Moji spoluziaci z Mexika.

Radka's 80-s birthday party. I think it's best if the world does not see the rest of our costumes. Radkina party na temu 80-te roky. Asi bude najlepsie ked svet neuvidi zvysok nasich kostymov.

 
Roast with the high society at the prime minister's house. Vecera v dome predsedu vlady. 

 
Chowder and bannock at the prairie pioneer house. Polievka v dome osadlikov na prerii. 

 
Canada, January, Suprise Birthday Party for Laura. It was quite the set up - with all of us dressed up and acting like historical women (Laura had to guess who we were, but as a history major she had no trouble at all)...travelling on sleighs (chased by wolves) through the prairies to different houses for a progressive dinner adventure...
Kanada, Januar, Narodeninova Oslava - prekvapenie pre Lauru. Bolo to take komplikovane - vsetky sme boli oblecene a spravali sme sa ako zeny z historie (a ona hadala ze kto sme - kedze studuje historiu tak s tym nemala velke problemy) a cestovali sme cez preriu na saniach, nahanali nas vlci (akoze) ako sme chodili od domu do domu, a v kazdom sme mali jeden chod vecere. 

 
Waiting for the New Year. Ocakavanie Noveho Roka. 

 
My grandma, me and an excellent langosh at Mileticova market. How can I describe that greasy piece of deep fried dough smothered in garlic and in this case sprinkled with cheese? You have to try it yourself. I must advertise for this particular stand and admit that they really gave us good value for our money, 15Sk for the base product with garlic + 10Sk for the cheese. The 2 langoshe were enough for our lunch and dinner, a snack for my great grandma, and some left-overs for our dog! I could not resist and not recount this exciting story amidst the alarmingly high prices of everything in Slovakia. Starka, ja a vyborny langos z Mileticky. Ako by som opisala ten mastny kus cesta natrety cesnakom a posypany syrom? Nemusim, ked toto vies po slovensky precitat urcite tuto skusenost uz mas. Musim ale robit reklamu tomuto stanku a tak podotknem ze sme naozaj dostali viac ako sme ocakavali za nas peniaz. Langos s cesnakom stal 15Sk + 10Sk za syr a naozaj sa nam tie 2 oplatili, hlavne ked sme ich mali so starkou Lubkou na obed a aj na veceru, starkej Zuzke sme dali na olovrant a este aj Brumine sa zvysilo! Nemohla som odolat a nezdelit sa s tymto pribehom, zda sa mi takym ojedinelim medzi tymi vysokymi cenami vsetkeho na Slovensku 

 
My grandpa in his studio, finishing his latest work, the bronze sculpture Nefretiti.
He says it is his best work, the work of his old age, but he also said that he thinks that about almost every new work he does when it is finished :-) Dedulo v atelieri, dokoncuje najnovsiu plastiku, bronzovu Nefretiti. Hovori, ze je to jeho najlepsie dielo, praca jeho staroby, ale ze skoro kazda nova praca sa mu zda ta najlepsia ked je hotova :-) 

 
 
Girls' party at my grandparent's house. It's awesome to all get together at least every 2 years :-( Cake to celebrate Dana's, Evka's and my birthday.