Prague Journal

Saturday, January 29, 2005.

We intended to get an early start this morning so we could get a decent parking place at Horni Rokytnice, since we would be leaving for Prague in the afternoon. We were out the door by 9:00 a.m., but could not get the car up the driveway from the pension to the road without chains. Honsa had chains, of course, but it took awhile before we figured out how to use them! By the time we reached the parking lot it was after 10:a.m. and by the time we got to the front of the lift line it was 10:30.
We had put in two good days already, so our skiing pace was leisurely, stopping often to talk and take photos. Today was a bit colder than yesterday, but the play of the sun on the clouds and the valley below was especially dramatic. We stopped for only a brief lunch, skiing until after the lifts had closed around 4:15. We skied to the car, and started down the mountain toward Prague around 5:00. By the time we got back home – shortly after 7:00 p.m.—it was quite dark.

posted by JWinn @ 10:41 AM