Czech and German explore the world

I remember the day soon after we met when we were sitting with a map in our hands, looking for the best meeting points all over the world. Our short search has shown that the best places to meet are Milan and Venice, to which Ryanair flies both from Stuttgart and Prague. And who we are to say no? Days flew by and a year after we are finally going to visit both of them. Starting at seven in the morning I leave my flat in Prague - so happy that kids are already carrying their backpacks and I have to only handle my stuff.  By this time, Jan is already two hours on the way from Stuttgart, trying to get some advantage over the plane in a four-wheeled friend. I try to remind myself that kids really need passports (you know, how that is difficult when I can always travel using only my ID?). Train, subway, bus and plane...and here we are. Bergamo - Italy. We crossed all the clouds and arrived under the clear blue sky - in just two hours (flying), the temperature has risen ...

"Mommy, do not look in that cell phone again, or I'll take it from you," my daughter lashed out at me when she saw that I am writing again something on my cell phone. I felt ashamed and also sorry that all the years during which I tried to show to my children that life does not happen on the phone, but here, right around us, are fading away. But I am suddenly not able to resist. Yes, it's still me. The one, who turned on the phone once per day to check incoming messages. The one, who taught everyone to write her long e-mails instead of calling, because I almost never called back. The one, who never knew where her phone is and if it is charged. When I was at 17 for two weeks hitchhiking with my friend around Europe, my parents knew that they will probably hear from me at the earliest when I come back - if the postcard will not reach them earlier. Mobile madness did not reach me even at the university and also afterward I stayed away from social media and phone. I hav...