January 24, 2013

weather madness

The other day Vincent and I (and lots of other people!) were in Sydney, Australia. And an interesting climactic event happened. It was the hottest day on record, ever (in the city at least). Temperatures hit 46 degrees Celsius (about 115 degrees Fahrenheit). Luckily, we were on vacation so we could go enjoy the heat in style...by drinking heaps of beer while catching up with friends. (Don't worry--there is so much water in Australian beer, there was no way for us to become dehydrated.)

Vincent noticed that in Massy that day it was like -5 degrees Celsius (23 degrees Fahrenheit) and was getting dumped on by snow.

That's a 51 degree difference (or 91 degrees in Fahrenheit--which, let's be honest, sounds much more impressive).

Let's just say I was happy we were in Sydney.

Now, however, we're not--and Massy is cold and dark and ... cold. But that's nothing, because next week I'm going to Trondheim, Norway where it'll probably even colder...and even darker!




January 5, 2013

adieu.

2012 is over my friends. Thank Earth's rotational orbit around the sun!

Seriously. Thank it.

And tomorrow, Vincent and I will be starting the New Year in style. We've got two weddings in two weeks on two different continents. Wahoo. Bring it. Friends. The sun. The beach. The oh-so-cheap-good-food. The birds. The snorkeling. The elephants. The booze. I am extremely looking forward to a change of scenery. Did I mention there's sun where we're going? And like, summer? Numnumnumnumnum.

See you later Internet. I'm not taking you with me this time. I'm also not taking my phone, so don't try to call me either. I'll be back when I'm back.