Many people have asked me recently how Prague is in the winter. It's pretty simple.
Cold. The temperature has been hovering around the freezing mark for the last month, which is not that bad, especially once you get used to it. But these last few days, a cold front has come in, and has dropped the temperature to single digits. Fahrenheit. Factor in the windchill, and the weather has "stay inside" written all over it.
Dark. At its worst, the sun rose at around 8:30am, and set just before 4pm. Very annoying to start your day well before the sun gets up. A month after the winter solstice, though, we're up to the a 4:45pm sunset, so that's nice.
Gray. In the few hours of daylight there are, it's mostly gray. Winter in central Europe is not the most spiritually uplifting time. However, this most recent cold front brought with it some clear skies. It's been astonishing seeing blue sky (and shadows!) these last couple days. Though I'm not sure if I'm willing to trade the (relative) heat for blue sky, especially when the sun is far from warming.
So, how to battle the winter weather blues? Brunch helps. It's become a nice ritual for a few of us to get together each weekend for a pot-luck brunch, complete with eggs, bacon, home fries, fruit, and chocolate chip pancakes. Yesterday, the first day our current cold-yet-sunny front showed up in full force, we brunched at our friends Tim and Reed's place. They have a great attic flat, with a great view of the castle. from their window.
On the way back after brunch, Heather and I were doing our best to stay just above absolute zero, and we saw this sign. Neither of us is quite sure what it's advertising, but I leave it up to you to translate it for yourself.
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Wow, that is some ad. Its web site is pretty wacky too. As far as I can tell the ad (it is for a printing company) says: we don't change your position, just your performance. Um right!
Hi Dave, nice blog, what last weekend's brunch didn't make the cut? I have to send you pictures!!! Stay warm!
It says "we aren't changing location, just performance".
The sign says "Hey, you're not a lady bug!"
True Dana, the meaning understood by Czechs would be position. But in English, no business ever claimed to change positions; they change locations. So, "location" would be a better translation if just looking at the text. A non-Czech speaker could understand that the business is not moving, just improving, as that is the ultimate point of the billboard, and, I believe, more important than the sexual connotation.
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