Wintertime!!!!!!!!!!

 
 

It has been a while since i last posted a blog but i was just to busy with studying, training and looking for a good part time job and not to forget celebrating Christmas and New Year! All the best wishes to everyone! It was a relaxed Christmas and a well behaved New Year; no hangovers, no bad behaviour, none of that. This can only mean two things a. i am getting older or b.   I am getting wiser...The kungfu school remained open this year so there was no reason to be lazy either (as if there is at all), we found a bit of time to go to the Leidse Hout during daytime.


This year there is the first real winter since forever, it is freezing cold , there is ice and even some snow! It is nothing short from a miracle. I can't even remember the last time i saw people walk over the ice! It seems to do something special to people, everybody has red cheeks and a matching nose but for a change people are not moaning about the weather. Walking around in the park you could see all the excited faces and talks. It was a beautiful day with bright clear Winterskies, fresh biting cold air and the sun shining. Ice crystals had covered the grass and plants, glittering like diamonds, it looked unreal to see all this in the Netherlands.


Children and adults were walking around on the ice that is still rather thin. I am sure, we will be able to skate this year! Finally. Ever since i moved here i have wanted to go skating on the canals!

 Now it is a week later and it is still cold, this morning there was some snow and the weather reports said that it was the coldest night since a long long time they even measured -20C wow. Finnish temperatures!  I dont know what it is with the cold maybe it is in my genes but the colder it gets the better it feels. As long as you are dressed up enough. There is just something exciting about those sharp clear skies during day and night, that cold air that seems to bite you in a nice kinda way. The light is also different, clearer brighter, the colors more defined. 

 Now when it is dark early we have to  think of how to keep training in the place we train ( a small music pavilion by a lake).

I am sure it is good training to practise in the dark but a little light helps. So we set out to by buy a big camping light that we string up between the poles. It is just enough to see what you are doing. Dressed up in ski pants, gloves and a hat and multiple layers of clothing it is perfectly doable. It is so funny when we start our circle walking exercise it makes you feel super hot (no....... not that kinda hot), even when it is freezing. In about 5 to 10 minutes you can walk around in  a t-shirt with short sleeves and not feel cold. It is pretty amazing. It seems to turn on some inside radiator. Of course when you stop you have to put it all on again before you get cold.

Here are some pictures for you to see Winter in the Netherlands.

Bye bye for now