Bhavana penned

My brother is in UK deputed by his company on a project for few months. During November 2012, he decided to take some time off from his grueling working hours and visit us in Czech Republic(at last!).  He had applied for a tourist visa for Czech Republic (Schengen area) and had received within a week. We received him at Brno airport and I was extremely happy. The next day was Saturday and we took him to Brno city center and to the Christmas market. That day it was snowing and I was really happy that my brother could feel the snow. We had some honey wine and some typical Czech sweet called trdelnik  and some bramborak  without bacon in them. He loved it. Pictures from Brno: At the Christmas market Square fountain Brno Cathedral from the Capuchin crypt St. Peter & Paul Cathedral from the Old Town Hall tower My brother and I on the top of the Old Town Hall tower Two days after this, w...

Winter is here and so is skiing which is a sport of recreation for the natives of temperate zones. Thankfully this year I am witnessing snowfall once in every two days and the temperature is below freezing point on almost every day (not sure if I am thankful for the latter though). Sometimes just after the snowfall, the temperature warms up a little bit and then rain pours on this snowfall. After this rainfall, the temperature ‘decides’ to goes below freezing point and then freezes this rain water. This creates a life threatening situation for people and animals alike to walk on the ground at that point (imagine walking on a huge piece of ice!! Scary thought isn't it?) . But native people here (and even their pets) are at ease while walking on these icy ground surfaces. People here even try and slide on these icy grounds sportively which really freak me out.  But for tropical mortals such as me, these icy ground surfaces are threatening as this was n...