Thursday 31 December 2009

Christmas Snow


We welcomed Christmas snow to Edinburgh this year (not to be confused with Christmas Snow), making for a more festive, somewhat brighter, and more slippery holiday period. Faithful readers of our blog will no doubt recall that Edinburgh does indeed receive some of the white stuff, but it last arrived in February, and was nowhere to be seen last Christmas.

This year involved the traditional Christmas and Hogmanay traditions, including the Christmas Dr Who Special, and the Edinburgh Torchlight Procession. With the additional company of Alette's family, we also enjoyed a Christmas goose, spent Christmas day at the Edinburgh Zoo, and spent an afternoon in Glasgow. We also plan to attend Edinburgh's "Light Night" event, taking place over a couple of nights, though the first night seemed a little treacherous.
Click on the photo above to see our pictures.

Thursday 17 December 2009

Early Solstice Present

Unexpectedly (at least the Met Office didn't expect it), we got snow today! An early Winter Solstice Present. Edinburgh is a beautiful city on an off day. Snow just makes it look magical!