Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I hope everyone has a happy new year and a wonderful start to 2011.

Right before Christmas I went on a chilly, but pleasant, one-week vacation to Prague and Geneva. It was beautiful. Prague is like a fairytale come Christmas, and Geneva, well… I spent most of my time in Geneva worrying whether I’ll get stuck because of the blizzard. Their chocolate, however, is top-notch.

Prague + Christmas = Fairytale
Prague during Christmas

huge cathedrals and all
cathedral in prague

glad I was able to make it back…
snowy airport

You can browse through the rest of my prague/geneva picture on my Flickr.

Luckily, I did make it back to Aleppo in time for Christmas, and New Years is now only a few hours away. The streets are still decorated with bright Christmas lights and the air has an enjoyable crispness to it — not too cold, but cold enough to make it feel like the holidays are here.

These are some picture from my Christmas in Aleppo.

Aleppo — Christmas 2010
Aleppo Christmas 2010