Below Zero

It's getting cold here in Bratislava. We had several days and several inches of snow. Neither of us has ever really experienced a true winter. Throughout the week, I saw the Tesco digital thermometer go from 0 to negative 8 (Celsius). The snow is really nice, but the biggest hassle, besides not being able to feel one's toes and fingers, is that it takes an extra 5 minutes or so to get dressed to go anywhere and an additional 5 minutes to undress upon arriving. We are adjusting though. It's not like this is going to go on for another three months. Oh wait...

We had a nice trip into Vienna yesterday to check out their Christmas markets, which were definitely nice. We had lunch with an old friend that I went to summer camp with, Jacob Lewis, his wife, Darcy, and their son, Hersch. The good thing about old friends is that I probably haven't seen Jacob for 10 years or so and it was like it had only been a week. They are living in Vienna while Jacob is on a research grant.

Here are some pictures from our weekend. And I finally posted pictures from our Istanbul trip here.