Photo Gallery #69- Snow Day
After
spending the past 18 months in a place where 'cold' is
20ºC, winter in Europe was a shock at first. While I was in
Amsterdam,
a big snowstorm came through, and I took the chance to cruise
around
the city with my friend Kfir one day, enjoying every minute
of it...
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I
was heading back from a day of sightseeing, and had
just arrived at Central Station when the snow began
to fall, and the wind started to pick up.
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The
next morning dawned gray and snowy, although it wasn't
quite cold enough for the canals to freeze over. |
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Which
was probably good news for all the houseboats parked along
the edges. |
The
snow kept coming down though, creating a slippery, wintry
cityscape.
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Even
then, a few tourists were going on canal cruises, inside
heated boats. |
The
Dutch are absolutely fanatical about their bikes, even
in a snowstorm. There are things even a Dutch biker wouldn't
do though, like riding up and down the arch of a bridge,
on a cobblestone street in the ice and snow. |
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With
the snow, the city seemed deserted. |
Except
for Kfir... |
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And
me. |
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continued to walk around over the bridges and canals, although
we were mostly frozen by now. |
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After
warming up with a cappucino and a sandwich, we were ready
to begin our wandering again. |
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right on schedule, the snow began to let up, and the sky
cleared. |
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It
was only temporary though- within an hour, the clouds
and snow returned... |
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it was back to the frigid Dutch winter. |
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Later
in the afternoon we went walking through Westerpark,
just down the road from Kfir's apartment. |
The
snow stopped again, and we crunched along to Kfir's place. |
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I
stayed with Kfir until early evening, and just as I was
returning to the station, the snow began to pick up again. |
By
the time I made it back to Melanie's, winter was once
again in full swing. |
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