Winter

During a hot summer, there is nothing more entertaining then to look at a photo with snow and ice. This is an old photo of Grand Hotel Toplice during one of the winters when the lake was frozen and you could walk or skate on the lake. Actually it was taken in the same year when I was born. In those days, winters were severe, and temperatures were low enough to enable the lake to freeze over. The ice crust on the lake shore had to be broken and cut away; otherwise the ice could damage the boat house or even the hotel itself. Nowadays, we have global warming and ice on the lake is no longer an issue, which is quite sad. I do wish that we could once again discuss on the weekly staff meeting, whether or not the ice should be cut today or if it can be done a day later. That would be a “nice” problem for me.