It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas!

Winter has set in in Bydgoszcz and it has got steadily colder for the last 2 weeks so I have been steadily adding layers.

I'm lucky fortunate to go to work in the daylight and often there are bright sunny skies as well. The trees have  a glowing frost and the snow is crunchy underfoot. Last week I was  enjoying our regular Tuesday treat  - a car journey to PESSA (usually with a shot of adrenalin depending on the taxi driver)  to teach our business classes and the view was astonishing; here was  a crystal clear blue sky, and bright sunshine, and the waste ground  along the railway where the summer grass was still standing  was  glittery pale gold in the sun. There was also a beautiful weeping willow with sparkling goldened leaves,  the tree didn't  look at all the same from the other direction when we looked back. it was a magical moment.

This is the view from my balcony. (I have plans to knit the poor chilli plastic pigeon a jacket in the holidays) he has an icicle hanging from his beak. 

My journey home from work this evening -10*. However I  was toastie as I now double-glove and double-hat and I found bright red salopettes in  one of the Patrick's second hand shop on Saturday. 

The Brda river which I cross every day 

The Basilica at the back of work - I have yet to visit but its on my college' Alice's daily commute and she gets some lovely photos of it. 

We tried the Christmas market again after work on Friday but the weather defeated us a second time and we settled for drinks in a cosy bar in the square  - the mulled wine is wonderful!