“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person

“Well, I know now. I know a little more how much a simple thing like a snowfall can mean to a person”

― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

January 14

I wanted snow...and I sure got it.

The temperature was reasonable the first couple of days in a Finland. Around 1-3 degrees.

But we were told it was going to snow at the weekend. and snow it did. We went for a drive and small snowflakes were dropping. That was kind of exciting.

But after a bit of a rest back at the hotel, we woke up to find snow covering the ground.

That was really exciting, even if the temperature had dropped to about -5.

We tried to get the snow off the car to go out for dinner but gave up pretty quickly and stayed in for the night.

 

The next day calked for a bit of snow play before venturing out in the car again. Temperature dropping towards -8 by midday Sunday.

 

We went to visit a school on Mondays morning. Schools are locked up fairly securely and we found ourselves waiting outside for 15 minutes with lines of kids for the doors to be unlocked. Only -11 degrees!

 

 

This morning we headed to the airport to fly to Sweden and onto Poland. We left the hotel at 4am. the car told us it was-14 outside. the plane taxied to the end of the runway and then we were delayed while the wings were de-iced.

 

There is definitely something magical and special about snow. And I'm quite happy that the temperature in Poland where we are headed now is a balmy -3, rather than -14!

 

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