Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Vacation Time and/or Baby Moon?

First things first, right Mom? Here is another belly shot. I know I take a lot of belly shots, but I have plenty of requests from family to see as many pictures as they can get from me:) So, this is a picture of me in my bathing suit my Mom sent me for my birthday in June. It's come in handy this summer and is really comfortable. Thanks, Mom!
Here I am on the patio of the place where Josh and I recently stayed when we took a mini-vacation to Lipova Lazne. We took 4 days off and retreated to this village in the nearby Jesenik mountains. It was an amazingly beautiful area and you'll see several pictures of it below. Some friends have teased that this was our "babymoon." I think that means the last sane vacation you'll ever have together before the child comes along and you don't quiet relax/sleep the same again on future vacations:)
Sorry these aren't in the best order. This is a picture of the surrounding area where we stayed. Olomouc is in a relatively flat area of the country so, this was a wonderful change of scenery for us. It was so quiet and peaceful here. We also had amazing weather during our vacation- I think the temperature staying around 70-75 during the day. One day it rained, which was also beautiful, and it was cool enough to wear jackets all day. I liked that:) Our place also had air-conditioning, which was a fun experience, because we've never stayed anywhere here that had it.
This is near a popular ski-resort in the area. Someday I would love to ski in this part of the country.
This is where we stayed. It's a hotel that also has small apartments available to rent for vacation time. We stayed in a small apartment on the bottom right of this hotel.
This small river ran through the village where we stayed. We took walks beside it during the day. It was so peaceful and beautiful here. We both commented on how much we would love to live closer to water and to hear the sound of the river every day.
This is a small fortress in a town near to where we stayed. We didn't go up to see it because it was raining, but we enjoyed a nice long car ride through the mountains on this afternoon.
A view from near our apartment. I really enjoyed this rainy day as a change to the other, sunnier days. This day reminded me of being in Ireland.

Here is the kitchen in the apartment. It was fun to cook together each day in a kitchen that's more nicely equipped than our own:) Somehow that made doing the dishes together more fun:)
This is the living room and the patio is just outside of it. The windows on the left side open up like doors would. It made for a very beautiful view.
Another view of the living/bedroom. It was a small, but beautiful apartment in which to stay. It was perfect for vacation time together. We liked having a place to cook in and a patio to hang out on. We're very thankful for this time we could take together and to relax a bit before heading back to Olomouc and all of the exciting things we have going on here now.

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