Searing heat and no end of it…
The weather is merciless. For weeks the
temperature is always above 30 degrees
and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end
soon. But some refreshment would be good!
The weather is merciless. For weeks the
temperature is always above 30 degrees
and it doesn’t look like it’s going to end
soon. But some refreshment would be good!
Ever wondered why the tracks of the railroads in Italy?
are painted in white? One might guess it’s for anti-rust,
others might think of better visibility for trespassers.
But the reason is much more simple and also clever…
Sorry if you didn’t get any news or posts today but I
was out on a hike tour to enjoy the good weather
and fresh air. But I won’t hide that from you so here’s
a panorama picture of the view I had today!
This year it will be the longest bloodmoon duration
visible in Europe. With about 103 minutes the
bloodmoon will be perfectly visible long enough to
even take awesome photoshots while the moon gets red!
The weather has somehow strange flows. While in 2012
the May-weather has spiked into 30-degrees regions,
in 2013 the tmperatores have mostly stayed below 15
degrees celsius which is far below the average medium.
A natural phenomenon like this is very rare to see. But when it happens, it
is so spectacular that one, who never has seen anything like this, is so
amazed, that interesting pictures are taken. Showing you six pictures may
give you the idea what it is. I’ll explain a little further, when this happens.
Impossible, you say? Well, seems not. In Switzerland at higher exposed locations, the
temperatures have dropped below zero. Snow fell down under 1000 metres and in some
locations, the fresh snow amount was 70 cm and up. A cold wave from the north brought
polar air to the south over Europe and temperatures have dropped by 15 to 25 °C.
Just 2 days ago I juiced out at 34 °C barely knowing how to cool down except to take a cold
shower or drink cold water and today the news spread that temperatures may fall by 20 °C
that also leads to snowfalls in the more exponented areas such as mountain passes or higher
situated villages such as Davos for example.
Today I was on tour on a buckboard thru Badenweiler and Niederweiler.
The Tour started at the hotel I am staying in and ended the same place after a
pleasant 2 hours ride. The tour was very relaxing and led thru grass plains hills and
wine fields. Very astounding and nice to look at!
Today, monday, it’s only one more day, till I return home to Bern again.
With that I am relaxed to the maximum possible. Let alone the lots of sun I could get
and temperatures between 28 to 32 degrees Celsius. Where my colleague from work
…had rainy and cold weather, when he was in his holidays the last 2 weeks!
…but still time to relax
Well… Currently sitting in Starbucks, enjoying a strawberry&cream Frappé and thinking
about my vacation starting on friday…