How weird …

Just when you expect things to get all nice outside (after all, it the beginning of June!) the weather starts to get cold and wintery. This bothers me tremendously this year for two reasons:

1. This whole “opposite” season thing is really odd. It is still hard to remind yourself that July and August are the middle of winter here when it is summer in Europe and the US. In fact, it seems much more appropriate now to put up a Christmas tree than it did in December!

2. It is actually not that cold … usually about 24 degrees celcius during the day and 12 degrees celcius at night. However, we have been so acclimatised in the mean time that 20 degrees feels chilly and 18 degrees feels cold! To make matters worse, houses here have no heating, so even though the daytime temperature may be very pleasant outside, the inside temperature can be “cold” most of the day.

When we moved here, I was concerned I would really struggle with the summer because of the heat and would find winter very pleasant. In fact, the opposite is happening: I did not have any issues during the summer and winter does feel unpleasantly cold!

… How weird!