Tourist Season

The return of tourists to Prague has reminded me that what I've seen over the past couple months is not the norm. We arrived in December and at that time Christmas visitors were out in force so the city was bustling with activity. After New Years the decorations came down but apparently in Russia many have extended time off so the city remained busy with Russian and Ukrainian tourists. However, the Monday following that New Years week made it obvious that at that time of year the visitors were elsewhere. And so it remained through January and February. I got used to it enough that when, a couple of weeks ago, the early sunny pre-spring days brought out the tours I realized I had been seeing the small window of time where Prague is quiet. While it's nothing compared to busy summer tourism it certainly appears that we have turned that spring-time corner where tourists begin returning. Now if only that spring-like weather would come back.