The Result: not much.
Winter was in full force. It snowed a couple of times in the city center, but nothing stuck on the ground unless you were in the outskirts. I teach a number of classes that are 30 or 40 minutes outside of the city center, so I got my fill of the snow! Before now, I have never lived anywhere with a real winter (or seasons that change for that matter) so it was quite intense. I wore about 4 layers everyday and had some hardcore winter boots that I practically lived in. I was actually surprised at how well I survived the winter. I wasn't happy about it, but I didn't die!! Now I recall why I don't have much to report in January; I spent the most unpleasant parts of the season hibernating indoors. Aside from work and necessarry grocery runs, I didn't leave the house much to avoid freezing to death. Luckily they heat the trams and busses and metros here, so it was really just a matter of dashing between the modes of public transport. I did get some nice snowy pictures tho!
I'm sure I'm forgetting some fun pub outings and whatnot, but not too much went down in January. I am super proud of myself because I was warned by the Prague vets that I was going to fall down in the icy/snowy/sludgy mess at least once, and that I was going to step in dog poop at least once (people never pick up after their dogs here. easy to avoid most of the year, a bit trickier when everythings covered in snow) but NEITHER of those events I had been dreading happened!! I had a couple of close calls slipping on ice while hurrying to catch a tram, but no actual falls! All in all, I'd say I survived the winter quite well.
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