Posted in Photography, Winter on November 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Friday November 30, 5 p.m. CET. Mayor of Brno Roman Onderka led the ceremony of lighting the Christmas tree. A crowd of way over 5,000 people observed. I almost missed it. Suddenly I heard “three-two-one” and there it was.
Boooooooring….
The lights look like normal street lamp lights. I expected more colors, some imagination, some light bulb [...]
Posted in Culture, Life, Winter on November 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Brno central square will host the Christmas market again. The booths are almost finished and most of them are occupied.
In previous years many of them offered junk stuff. Blankets, towels, second grade T-shirts, kitsch gifts. The place didn’t look anything like a Christmas-mood place. More like a Hong Kong backstreet market after a heavy rain. [...]
Posted in Winter, tagged accidents, snow on November 6, 2007 | No Comments »
A few inches of snow caused huge traffic problems in the western parts of the country last night. Several trucks ended up jack-knifed and many cars in ditches. Almost all of them decided to try their luck and get on the road with summer tires.
As usual in the Czech Republic, somebody will have to die [...]
