Powering Into the New Year

In December, I took a long-overdue trip to Germany and visited holiday markets in Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. This trip was planned for December 2021, but surging COVID cases across Europe last year caused holiday markets to shut down, and the trip was postponed.

How very different to be in Europe one year later. The energy crisis was a topic of conversation at every gathering. Some holiday lights didn’t shine as brightly. Castles were illuminated but for shorter periods of time. Some lights didn’t come on at all.