Kyiv Diary

Winter

It's over now but I should say something about winter here. It's cold. Not snap-your-face-off cold but cold enough. It sat at less than -20 deg for about two weeks. It got down to -27 for a couple of days. At that temperature you can't stay outside for more than about five or ten minutes without your cheeks freezing.

It was mostly okay though. There was no wind, and as a Finnish chap I once met said, "it's a dry cold, we just wear another pair of socks".

I was also helped by my large winter coat which a young lady helped me buy in exchange for some lingerie. But that's another story.