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Just after the holidays, we had a cold snap here. Lots of snow fell, and we had -10C during the day, down to -20C overnight. This is colder than usual for Potsdam, and it threw the buses into chaos. Usually, being German, the buses and trains are scheduled to the second. The first Monday of work, though, stuff was really late - my flatmate heard her bus driver saying that he was 59 minutes behind schedule, so everyone though he was the next bus. The snow is still pretty thick, and, most importantly, the lakes have frozen over! So today I went for a walk on a lake. And here are some pictures:

Heiliegersee, not looking very much like a "sea". I think most of the population of Potsdam was here today.

People didn't seemed worried about cracks like these. They had cut a section out and you could see that the ice was about 10cm thick, so I assume it was relatively safe.

Nobody sunbathing today!

This is the river leading into the lake.

This boat isn't going anywhere!

On Thursday, I met up with a friend from school who's doing her OE, and had reached the Berlin leg. Got directions to the most German restaurant in the area, and had schnitzel and pork knuckle with sauerkraut, then went to a very cool bar on the 12th floor of an office building with great view of the city. Unfortunately, I forgot/didn't know that the train home has different times during the week than on the weekend. Facing a 3 hour wait, I decided to crash in Berlin, and luckily, there was a spare bed at the hostel Clare was staying at. I got up early Friday morning and made it to work an hour earlier than usual!

Hope you are all good, how were your Christmases and New Years?

Adam