Daylight

While two Central European winters may have taught me to treat Melbourne’s colder months with nothing but mild disdain, I’ll never get over the preciousness of the daylight hours leading up to winter solstice. This year’s is just two days away, so we can almost count our days in minutes, even so much closer to the equator than anywhere I lived in Europe. I’ve been thinking about it today, after this morning I made a list of all the touristy things I want to do in Melbourne, like go to the drive-in and see elephants at the zoo. The list is something I’ve wanted to do for ages, and having something like that in Prague meant that I got through at least some of everything I wanted to do in the city. But even as I struggle to relax into finally having some free time the hours of daylight are slipping away, and another day passes where nothing gets crossed out.

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