experience
/ stories that shaped the way I work
➤ Community Facilitation
➤ Languages & TRANSLATION
Guiding
From mountain huts to coastal trails, wineries and whisky distilleries, through historic towns and castles, I've guided active and sightseeing trips across Europe and Canada.
For me, the journey is as much about the people and the small moments as it is about the destination.
♥️ Mountains · National Parks · Historic Towns & Small Villages · Castles & Ruins · Unexpected Detours
Favourite trips I guided
🇬🇧 Scotland on MTB
The Scottish Highlands in their full glory: dramatic landscapes, cosy pubs, whisky, fish & chips, and, of course, plenty of rain.
🇨🇦 BEST OF CANADIAN ROCKIES
Three weeks of camping our way through Glacier, Banff, Jasper, Mt. Robson, Whistler and Vancouver—with daily hikes, turquoise lakes and always one eye out for bears.
🇫🇷 Holiday in Provence
Ah, Provence... the Mediterranean, sunshine, lavender, vineyards, and of course—the cheese.
📍 West Highland Way, Scotland, UK
📍 Cascade Ponds, Banff National Park
📍 Côte d'Azur, Provence, France
🇲🇽 Mexico - Yucatán, Mexico City
🇺🇸 USA - Southwest
🇨🇴 Colombia - Medellín & Guatapé, Antioquia
🇬🇧 England
🇨🇿 Czechia - Bohemian Switzerland (home)
🇫🇷 France - Normandy, Brittany, Champagne, Burgundy
🇮🇹 Italy - Lago di Como
🇫🇷 Corsica
And where else?
Trip Design & Location Scouting
Every memorable journey begins long before the first step.
I've designed journeys ranging from outdoor adventures and road trips to coworking retreats, company offsites and expeditions across every continent (yes, including Antarctica).
Some trips call for firsthand knowledge and walking the trails myself, others rely on working closely with trusted local partners and agencies. Either way, they're built on meticulous research and connecting lots of little dots.
Good planning often goes unnoticed – and that's usually a good sign. When it doesn't... that's what Plan B is for. And C. And occasionally F.
❤️ Big Ideas · Tiny Details · Maps · Logistics · Local Connections · Backup Plans · and of course Spreadsheets
A few projects I'm proud of
🌍 coworking retreats around the world
community retreats • 2-12 weeks • 10-30 participants
From scouting destinations and local partners to planning, logistics and supporting local businesses, I helped shape coworking retreats where international communities of digital nomads could live, work and connect.
Projects included: Mexico City · Oaxaca · Buenos Aires · Patagonia · Cape Town · Marrakesh · Lisbon · Porto · Madeira · Valencia · Tallinn · Montenegro · Goa · Dharamkot · The Philippines...
Created a space where an international remote-working community could live, work and experience the Prague I know and love—from neighbourhood bakeries and farmers' markets to beer gardens and evenings by the river.
🇨🇿 Prague Coworking Retreat
community retreat • 2 weeks • 15 participants
Here, have a donut
🇺🇸 American Southwest Incentive Trip
company adventure • 2 weeks • 35 participants
Inspired by my own travels, I planned a two-week incentive trip that combined iconic cities, national parks, film-famous landscapes and a touch of Las Vegas into one memorable journey.
🇹🇿 Tanzania Company Adventure
company adventure • 11 days • 25 participants
Designed in close collaboration with a local destination partner, this incentive trip combined wildlife in Ngorongoro Crater and Lake Manyara with the beaches and Stone Town of Zanzibar.
Community Facilitation
Much of my work has been about creating space for people to meet, step outside their comfort zones and feel part of a community.
We hosted a wide range of events, from potluck dinners and themed parties to skill-sharing workshops, goal-setting sessions and Deep Meaningful Conversations.
I especially enjoyed helping people discover they had something worth sharing, then creating a space where they felt comfortable enough to stand up and do it. Those became some of my favourite events. Every community was full of people with fascinating skills, stories and passions, and I loved creating the opportunity for them to share them with everyone else.
♥️ Potlucks · Local Adventures · Honest Conversations · Community Care · Skill Shares · Workshops · Safe Spaces · Conflict Resolution
Languages & Translation
Languages shape pretty much every chapter of my life, and they're part of almost everything I choose to do.
Literary Translation
Currently translating The Rock Warrior's Way: Mental Training for Climbers by Arno Ilgner into Czech.
One of those rare projects that combines my love of climbing, languages and self-discovery.
My Language Learning Project
I built (and illustrated) My Language Journals to create the kind of language learning resources I'd always wished existed.
A long-term passion project for curious, independent learners.
Living & WORKING Abroad
I've lived, worked and volunteered in a lot of different places, often following the language as much as the destination.
That's how I ended up in Canada, Australia, the UK, France or Germany, to name a few.
Teaching english
Teaching English was my first chance to share my love of languages.
I loved helping people challenge old habits, gain confidence and find their own voice in English.
Adventures
Curiosity has taken me on some wonderful adventures, big and small. Somehow, many of the things I'd dreamed about since I was a kid became real, and I feel incredibly lucky.
The experiences I treasure most often came from slowing down, staying with locals and saying yes to unexpected ways of experiencing a place.
That's how I ended up
living and travelling through the Canadian Rockies in my 1980s Winnebago for four years.
helping restore a catamaran in the Caribbean, learning to sail and dive, including an 1867 shipwreck, and calling the boat home for three months.
spending two months working remotely while road-tripping around the American Southwest, climbing, paddling and hiking.
crossing Australia's outback solo in a van after four months of volunteering through Workaway along the East Coast.
Wow, you've made it this far. You deserve a break.
