Cold-proofing is the mission for today. All in the family bus, and off to the shops in search of portable warmth to keep smiles on faces through the skiing and other general cold that is to come. Olympia turned out to have all that we needed, and feeling all very proud of our achievements, we left for a visit to the large ice rink that is Bolevec lake.
Mishcat trying to remember how to skate.
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I'm lovin' it!
Michelle, in Hayley's boots Pierre in mine, and Michael in Ambers'. There was a lot of skating going on, and for those on foot, there were the sleighs which work just as well on ice as they do on snow when they have a cart horse to do the work that gravity so effortlessly does on snow.
Mandy was the only item not to have a skate, but she more than made up for it on the sleighs!
"Ahem... Pardon me ma'am, do you realise that this changes my ability to throw the sleigh around...?"
Who has the bigger smile here?
Swaer en clean sister
"My horse! I lost, my horse... anyone seen my horse - blast this traffic!"
Giddap! 
Hayley styling as only Hayley can!
Just as we were skating, walking, sleighing to the bank to go home, Amber, getting up (on her skates) off the back of the red sleigh lost her balance and fell over backwards...
She fell hard and when we heard the noise following the fall, I just knew that there was something wrong. The short version is that, after some x-rays, the doctors confirmed that she had indeed broken her arm. Apparently a typical break for kids, and not one they are worried about healing, but on the eve of departing for a three week holiday, there are better things to be doing with your right hand than having it set in a cast.
Synchronicity has always graced us with fortune as we navigated the hospital by way of bi-lingual patients in the waiting room with us, and our Czech health insurance having been finalised, and come into effect literally 3 days before we needed to show the proof of it to the medical staff at the intern hospital in Plzen. The doctors are good and speak enough rough English to match our even rougher Czech, the equipment is fast, I have never seen an instant x-ray image, it shows up just as quickly as a digital photo.
Amber feels special with the cast on her arm and all the admiration from her contemporaries. Skiing and fun in the snow are going to be limited activities for her, but we will have to see how this pans out.
While Hayley and I are having Amber repaired, the rest of the family are getting fitted for ski kit at the local hire shop. Getting back home, Mishcat whips out her culinary skills and in no time the family is eating a dish I don't think has a name, but sure tastes good.
We have to come back to the doctors in 3 days time to have the arm checked out though...
This is how you turn doughnuts on ice...
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