Before and After

And now begins my favorite time of the year. That 11 months in which we do not have to watch Love, Actually, Home Alone or Home Alone 2, in which the shops are less crowded, the music less predictable. I am a terrible Grinch.
Actually, it wasn’t a bad Christmas at all. I got a couple of books and a new, very ergonomic chair from IKEA. The kids were all very happy. We ate well, although a large portion of the Czech Christmas dinner does not seem celebratory to me. More of a ritual you have to go through.
Tomorrow we are off to Poland for 5 days, and I’m quite looking forward. We’ll be visiting Gdansk, where I’ve never been before, and I’m quite looking forward to it. And to the next 11 months.