I thought I’d just post a quick note about the weather and stuff here, because it’s rather interesting how it works. I was talking to my flatmates Emil and Javier a while back, and they were saying I’m actually really lucky to be here this semester (even though it’s so cold to start off with); it’s much nicer than autumn.

You’ve probably heard me mention by now that it’s generally dark by about 4pm here, but during the day it’s surprisingly light, despite the fact that I’ve only seen the sun a couple of times. Apparently this is because the snow reflects all the light, so everything is bright. In autumn, before it snows, it’s all dark and depressing and miserable. It will probably be like that for a while during spring, but nowhere near as long. And then I get beautiful summer!

Anyway, yeah, snow-climate weather observations. Cool (in both senses).