Zero degrees or minus twenty

When I landed in Stockholm this morning it was like a freezer.  That is, zero degrees F or minus twenty degrees C.  I guess the country turned the thermostat down for a few days.  It was really, really cold, but the most amazing thing was the hoary frost that covered every branch on every tree.  By noon, the fog that made the frost during the night had disappeared and the sun had came out on a blue sky, but the temperature (and the sun) never made it over fifteen degrees or so (minus Celsius).  Here are some photos from a very wintry Stockholm.


View over Lake Malaren.


Frosted chainlink fence.




A local lake that had been frozen over weeks ago had been plowed by the city into a giant loop, and people from all over comes to skate here.  You see hockey skates, white girly skates, and then the footlong long-distance skates too, with all skaters sharing the space.  Along the plowed track is a ski track as well, for people that rather ski. On the lake next to the loop was even a hot dog stand, serving hot dogs to happy skaters.

What a gorgeous day!