Short Days

Since we arrived in Prague the city has been filled with Chrismas decorations. All the major squares in the city were filled with big Christmas trees, rows of vendors selling a variety of gifts, trinkets and food and the city streets were covered in lights. Between Christmas and New Years' Eve those decorations were removed and parts of the city look almost empty in comparison. The holiday tourists seem to have mostly returned home. Today was the first day since we arrived that I felt like I'm seeing Prague the way it is during those short periods were the city is dominated by its inhabitants. The days are shorter here in the winter than in Boston, with the sun not rising till 8:00 and setting at 4:15. While that makes for some dark days the holidays always serve as a great distraction through the worst days and its nice to know that we're now gaining a few minutes of sunlight every day. Now that we're pretty well settled in we'll take advanatage of the tourists being away by starting to see the sights of Prague for ourselves.