More Unweather

So the day I left for Linköping about 2 weeks ago was the first snowfall in Luleå, and then when the unweather came it brought maybe 20cm of snow in a day, and since then even more. Some pics. Middle Sweden seems to be badly hit by snowfalls. Last week Stockholm was literally brought to a standstill: buses, trains, cars, all stuck due to snow chaos. I had a friend spend 33 hours on a train (instead of 14) to travelling back from Stockholm. Traffic jams reached for 10's of kms, forcing people to spend overnight sleeping in their cars. Hotels in the city were overflowing. Commuters couldn't get anywhere. Madness. The Stockholm trains often have a problem. If it isn't snow it's leaves. Yes, falling leaves stop the trains, due to the fact they chose rails which have the electricity running on the top surface, rather than underneath. So when the rails are covered with leaves... no trains.

Some snow pics here. Today was great - about 0 degrees, which meant the snowflakes were large and it was a pleasure to be outside. Too bad the bike doesn't work in the snow, and relies on plowed paths for some grip.





And a few weeks ago I had a visit from Flat Stanley - a little boy who was flattened when a bookshelf fell on him and so can be posted all around the world. Karen sent him Northward.