Snow!

Finally, there is snow in Rotterdam! It took us a while to catch up with the rest of Europe, but now it seems the skies have decided that if it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing. It snowed yesterday for hours until every last inch of the city was covered under a white fluffy duvet, a very think duvet! We watched i snow from our windows, and onto the street, where people slipped, giggled and rushed in the cold to get home.

This is the Erasmus bridge in snowy Rotterdam. Photo, courtesy of the Internet.  (Reinier)

I took a walk in the snowy city, it was as cold as it was magical. Even more so than when we watched the snow from outside the comfort of our apartment.

It was already dark, people had vanished from the streets and into their cosy houses after a long week's work, and on my way home I saw a man pulling his kid in a sled, in the center of the city. Somehow, for all our civilisation and modernisation, it was the shiny window displays that stood out, not the father with the sled. It was beautiful to share the same space as them- they were happy and they didn't care about anything else. I wish I had taken a photo, but then again, I probably wouldn't have captured the atmosphere of the moment. Just imagine the happiest dad teaching his little girl one of the valuable lessons in life: you shouldn't be afraid to get a little wet because snow will instantly make you smile. Engage with life, and it will engage back with you.