Rogowski Family Adventures

Well, since our return from Europe we haven't had much down time! We always say our house here feels like a vacation home. But the pace we're running at these days, it's actually becoming a vacation home! You may remember that when I returned from Europe, Bart actually flew directly to Sacramento to close out the CRCPL season. He was pretty out of it, as you can imagine, but managed to still compete well and put on a good comp. He and the other guys involved in creating the series have worked really hard this past year to make the series a success, and they've done a great job. I often think back to our very first -ISM comp 2 years ago that Bart and I organized with some help from family and friends. It was a great time, but a total mess! Since he teamed up with the NorCal guys, they've really turned it into something awesome. People come from all over to compete! Great job guys! After Bart returned home we had a couple weeks to regroup. We caught up on work, sp...

I'm going to go ahead and warn you - this blog post is a doozy! It is REALLY REALLY REALLY long. I have SO much to write about and so many pictures to share! So don't feel pressured to read the whole thing! Or maybe, when you're bored, make a cup of tea, curl up on the couch and join me for a trip through Europe! I'm going to post about each country separately so the pictures make a little more sense.  :) Prague, Czech Republic It has been a dream of mine to visit Prague si nce as far back as I can remember.  And I can honestly say it did NOT disappoint!  I met Bart in Prague (he was already in Czech for a swoop comp where he placed 10th out of 75 competitors! AWESOME!) and we immediately got things going! We checked into our hotel which was just a tad out of the city but only a 5 minute train ride away, which made it very convenient for us to go back and forth.  The first night we just walked around and took it all in.  We had both been traveling and it was...