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A Christmas Market That Doesn’t Feel Like Christmas

November 24, 2009

It’s that time of the year again. The end of November, a month before Christmas, and that means that the first Prague Christmas market opens at Náměstí Míru. It started on Friday morning and we went to take a look. It was the same market as last year, with the same stalls selling the same merchandise [...]

Christmas Markets and Winter Weather Arrive in Prague

November 28, 2008

The Christmas Market on Peace Square (Náměstí Míru) in Prague opened up last weekend just as some winter weather moved in.  We had our first snow on Saturday.  It was only fitting since last week, while the Christmas Market was being set up, the last remnants of fall were being blown aside and swept up. The [...]

The Ski Season Begins

November 10, 2007

I hear that the ski season began in the Krkonoše Mountains today. It has been snowing there for a few days and there is now enough snow to allow skiing. Winter is starting early this year. Who knows, maybe the ski resorts are going to make up for last year’s terrible ski season.

First Snow

November 6, 2007

I’m in Northern Moravia for a few days and we had our first snow here today. When I looked out the window this morning, I saw that the ground was covered with snow. It’s been snowing for most of the day, snowing so hard at times that one inevitably thinks of Christmas. Large, wet chunks [...]

Prague is Blooming

March 11, 2007

Today was a beautiful, sunny day in Prague.  The trees in Petřín Park are starting to bloom. Lots of people were out enjoying the spring weather. Petřín Park (Petřínské sady), March 11, 2007 What a difference a year makes… Wenceslas Square (Václavské náměstí), March 12, 2006

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