krakow diary (day 1)

It's not yet eight in the evening but it's dark outside. I've gone quite a bit to the East but not crossed a timezone, that's the major reason. But winter is coming too, and the days are getting shorter and shorter, faster and faster due to the sinusoidal nature of things. Colder and colder, too, but thankfully there's been a burst of warm and sunny t-shirt weather here in Krakow, for that I'm thankful. It's snowing in the Tatras. It's snowing already on Kebnekaise, Fjällstationen is closing, adn my Swedish mountain climbing expedition will have to wait for another year. Then we can do it properly, on midsommar like you're supposed to.

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