End of October I went for a short trip to Austria, when I also stayed for a couple of days at some friends’ place, in the Weinviertel area. Continue reading “A few Impressions from Autumn in the Austrian “Weinviertel””
Picture of the Day: Gullfoss Falls, Iceland
Picture of the Day: Construction Site of Hebron Offshore Drilling Platform, Newfoundland
Picture of the Day: Heat suffering skiing tracks
As I wrote in my last blog entry, the weather forecast predicted an end of snow comforting temperatures, though it got even worse than expected. Last week the thermometer reached 10 degrees several times, literally extinguishing the snow. Nonetheless, the old skiing tracks on to Jyppyrä still offer enough compressed snow to take the skiers for a few last kilometers.
While leaving the house yesterday, the thermometer showed 11° C. I think I never before went skiing under such warm conditions. Compared to the last years, the now this year melted about two to four weeks earlier. Let’s see when I will be able to go skiing for the next time ..