Polička, Czechia

I recently had an hour between my train and bus in Polička, so I went exploring, having no idea how cool the historical center of this little town was.  So, yeah.  Europe's not awesome or anything.  And it's not like I'm a fan of old town walls.

Žaba (Frog) Rock

 An aptly named rock formation near Vsetín, Czech Republic:

And the formation from the other, mossier side:  

Rogue bits of snow, still hiding out in the shade (picture taken Feb 28, after a big warm-up):

River High, River Low

Two things I love about a temperate, four-seasons climate:

-Change

-Rivers

And here you see both together.  Sorry that I didn't get the perspective consistent, but that white graffiti under the bridge is the same graffiti in each picture.

During snowmelt:

Two days later:

Now:

The river was amazing this winter.  First it froze. People scraped snow off perfect rectangles and played hockey on it.  Then it started melting in interesting and sometimes hard-to-explain patterns.  Then sudden warmth turned it into a raging brown torrent full of floating pieces of ice.  As it receded it turned an opaque blue-green, like some glacier-fed rivers I've seen in Alaska and the Alps.  Now it's back to its gentle, crystal-clear state.  So cool.

Another view of a different spot on the same three days.  The path leading down to the river is the same road leading down to the same river.

Snow Friends

I saw this snowbear (snowdog?) on the way home from work a few weeks ago and made him a snowturtle friend.