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“To live longer than forty years is bad manners, is vulgar, immoral. Who does live beyond forty? Answer that, sincerely and honestly I will tell you who do: fools and worthless fellows.”

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Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground   

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By: Jess Ruby

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december 2017 / january 2018 more on instagram: morningtrainpoetry

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cold morning at the lake

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Warsaw, 2016

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Charles Bridge, Prague.

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Hallstatt - Austria (by Bernd Thaller) 

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Paris in winter by  Metin Fejzula

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snow in erfurt ❄️ instagram: morningtrainpoetry

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Prague, Czech Republic

January 2017 - Every Christmas I go back home to Prague and every year I wish for snow. Ever since I started taking photos “seriously” a few years ago, I had managed to take a lot of great photos of the city during the few trips back home throughout the year, but I never had the chance to capture my hometown covered in snow, because in the previous years it would always start snowing only after I had left. (And back when I was still living in Prague, I was at an age where I would care more about going sledding down the nearby hill than going downtown to enjoy the city’s beauty when it snowed.) But this was the year I finally got lucky and I was certainly going to make the most out of the experience by taking as many photos as possible!

Although Prague looks great during any season of the year, I was simply blown away how magical the city looks with a little bit of snow! The red roofs turned white, the cobblestones on the streets disappeared underneath the fresh layer of white powder and even little sections at the edge of the river started to turn into ice! And although it was just a little bit of snow, it was more than plenty to convince me to stay all day outside roaming around, all the way from the early sunrise to sunset on some days, and not even the freezing cold was going to stop me since my heart was warmed up by all the majestic sights …. and lots of hot tea I kept on buying from the McDonald’s near the Charles Bridge because sometimes it simply was too cold to even change lenses on the camera outside, and because that hot plastic cup was nice to hold in my rather cold hands.   

I truly tried to get to all my favorite spots in the few days I had before leaving, so I climbed all the towers again, walked down all the famous streets and up all the hills and stairs, and it was completely worth it! And sometimes I would even be joined by a friend of mine, which is always nice for multiple of reasons, and sometimes I would go out by myself because I knew it would be more than likely that I would forget about that other person when I would be looking through the lens at the winter fairy tale that Prague can be! (Multitasking is really hard, and I tend to really feel bad when I pay more attention to the camera than a friend who’s willing to take the time to go for a walk around town with me.) Thankfully most of my friends already know how crazy I am for Prague and photography, so they put with me.

And it’s this exact combination of Prague, winter and friends that always makes me look forward to the end of the year and keeps me constantly hoping that it will snow once I’m back in town again.

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winter in thüringen (germany) 🌨 more on instagram: morningtrainpoetry

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Castle of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

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Amsterdam in the snow

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Winter scene, Stockholm, Sweden

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Finland

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December 2016, Old Town, Warsaw, Poland