2024

The year 2024 was generally a pretty big wilderness. Because I finally fully understood the phrase that had been driving me crazy for 3 years - "one child, no child" :) It's become clear to me that only parents of more than one kid will understand this, however, I'm very careful now with saying this phrase so I don't piss off others. So how did it go? With the arrival of Jonah, we had a couple of months to ourselves to kind of get everyone settled in. There was a little bit of initial sibling jealousy to contend with, balancing daily routines, work commitments and Nina's nursery, so we preferred not to plan any major events in the winter. Even so, it made for some great long weekends at least here in the Czech Republic, e.g. around Pribram.

Central Albania: Vlora, Berat and return to Tirana

As I promised, after northern Albania, I finished the continuation of our Albanian trip, this time focusing on the central part. While planning, the coastal Vlora (although it may fall more in southern Albania, but never mind) and its surroundings made its way onto the itinerary, plus of course the beautiful Berat, which I was really looking forward to. After that we had to catch our flight back to Tirana, but on the way we still managed to stop in the not so well known lake area of Belsh. The capital as such didn't appeal to us much, so our program there was more limited to just hanging out at the playgrounds :) So let's go into some details...

Gdansk: perfect weekend trip

Introducing my discovery this year! Sometime in the summer, I came across photos of this city somewhere on social media and liked it so much that I even added it to my wish list. When I stumbled upon tickets a few months later with nice departure/arrival times and a good price, there was no waiting around. Probably a sign or something :)