3/25/2008 - Snow at last

Dreaming of a white Christmas in the Netherlands? Not a chance. These days, in December the summer is still winding down. Now that spring has officially begun however, winter is stretching itself for a final roar. Since Saturday we're finally seeing some snow. It's not as if the snow is here to stay, however. The snow that falls in daytime melts as soon as it hits something solid, and the snow that falls during the night is mostly gone by 11 AM. Still, traffic's pure chaos. At one time this morning we had 555 miles of stationary traffic. That's the second biggest traffic jam in Dutch history. The record, over 700 miles, was equally caused by snow.

Like I said, the snow is mostly gone by the end of the morning, but as fortune would have it, I woke up really early yesterday morning, because my cat wanted to get in. I saw that everything was covered in an inch of snow, and as soon as daylight broke, I went on a stroll through the town and shot about 15 photos. Sadly, I still work with old-fashioned film, so I won't be able to post them within the next two weeks. When I do post them, I'll post a link to my Flickr album. And I will post an entry to draw some attention to it.