Highlights
Touring Eastern Bohemia with other travel bloggers— Part of the deal with attending the TBEX conference at the end of July was that I was given an opportunity to go on some FAM trips (familiarize trips). My group and I went to Hradec Kralove in Eastern Bohemia. Compared to the other FAM trips, we had a lot of days full of adventure. I learned how to ride an electric bike (e-bike) uphill, how to rappel, how to wakeboard, how to mountain bike and how to fall asleep in a van within 5 minutes while heading to the next destination (oh wait, I was pretty skilled at that already).
Feeding Giraffes— We did a safari where we saw the last two white rhinos, spawn of Sudan, the last male white rhino who recently passed away. After that, we got to feed the giraffes which I have never done before. Their tongues are creepily long.
Sweet giraffe
Touring South Bohemia— Originally I was supposed to tour Northern Bohemia, but due to a schedule overlap I had to switch to the south. While the north Bohemia tour looked like a ton of fun (off-roading? Yes, please!) I realized that I had a lot of adventure in Eastern Bohemia, but hadn’t really gotten to know the culture of the Czech Republic which is something I strive to do in all of my travels. We wandered through different cities in the south, and got to know the history, taste some of the food and drink some of the beer. The cities really were– and I hate using this word to describe them, but I have to admit it– fairytale cities. My favorite cities were Pisek and Tabor.
Visiting my extended family in Oregon— Every year since I can remember, the whole family gathers in August to celebrate my grandma’s birthday. What I couldn’t remember was the last time that I had actually attended my grandma’s birthday celebration. So, as I had just returned from the Czech Republic and wasn’t needed at work yet, I booked a last minute trip (super expensive, but totally worth it) to see my grandma again. She just turned 82 years young and is the last fluent Spanish speaker in the family. She’s the reason I taught myself how to speak Spanish (and still practice it as often as I can).
My poor grandma just wants a nice picture with (a few of) her grandchildren
What’s to come in September
It’s going to be a slow month for me except for another conference. I will be attending another TBEX conference but this time it will be in New York state, in Finger Lakes Wine Country (yes, please). The first conference was so successful that I had to book my ticket for the next one, albeit last minute. I will not be gone for as long this time because I have a lot of work to catch up on and a lot of money to start saving.
Even though I have nothing else planned for this month I am actually very excited to get to work on doing nothing. I’ll keep everyone updated on life in San Diego so make sure you watch out for my Instagram stories!
What are you up to now that summer is over? Leave a comment below!
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