Water, water everywhere

So, this is spring in Prague. Crazy weather. Gorgeous sun and blue sky suddenly switching to clouds of gray and rain. I think this picture gives an accurate representation of the beautiful blue getting swallowed up by the death gray.

See how it closes the noose around the harmless sky? Damn those death clouds.

With the (relatively) warm temps (I'm still wearing my winter jacket these days), much of the snow and ice from the winter has begun to melt and flood the Vltava. Maybe it's because I'm not tuned into the local news media, but there is very little hype about this. There have been some extra barriers put up, but really, no one seems that worried. Apparently this happens every year, and 3 or 4 years ago there were some real bad floods, so this year's is pretty paltry in comparison.
In any case, the Vltava has flooded, and has provided some interesting photo opportunities.


The weather hasn't been all bad. This past weekend provided us some real great outside opportunities. After five months of dark, cold, grey dreariness, a real spring day seemed unreal. But wouldn't you know, dreams really do come true.


That's about all from Praha. I will conclude by reporting I have been teaching about baseball most of this week, so at least a handful of students know the words to Take Me Out To The Ballgame and the genius of Who's On First? And of course, they now know the last two words to the American national anthem are "Play ball."

And as such, my work here is almost done.