This is the picture that sat next to my computer desktop all day, only most of the day it said -5 not this relatively warm -3! For those at home in Australia this means that right now it really truly IS like a fridge outside.
The thing that puzzles me, is why, when it gets this cold, we continue to bother with temperature? It strikes me that the human body is unable to tell the difference between, say -5 and -3, and that what would in fact be more useful would be to describe it in terms of the amount of pain you feel in your hands while riding your bike.
I went out for a coffee this morning, and stupidly forgot my gloves, DAMN that hurt. For those at home, imagine you are behind the bar at a party, in the middle of winter, and people are asking for a beer at an average rate of once every .3 seconds (not unusual for a moderate size party in Aus) and to serve it up you have to plunge your hand into an esky full of ice. OK, now times that by about 10, and THAT is how much my hand hurt this morning. On the positive side, the lovely prosecco (thanks Thomas!) I was carrying was cold enough to drink (I didn’t, but it may have helped the pain go away!).
Anyway, the upside of all this, is a really beautiful city of Amsterdam. I had my breath taken away when I looked out my window upon getting downstairs to find the following (complete album):
Woah, that’s cold. It must really suck to live in cold-ass Northen Europe.
In other news, Copenhagen hasn’t been that cold (mostly positive numbers) and no snow as yet. Scandinavia is letting me down.
HAH! I was expecting you to reply, but was thought it would be to trump me with some bluster about it being double digit minus or something and that you had to resort to viking reindeer skins for warmth….
Wow ! Great pics Mr. McPherson!
And I can confirm that is really Kick Ass to live in Northern europe
Earlier this morning, everything was white…but with a lovely sun as well!