Here comes winter

Just as fast as I blogged that the weather was so nice last week, it has drastically changed. I'm reluctant to say that I now believe the first signs of winter are fast approaching. It all began for me about two days ago on Saturday when I could feel a shift in weather. When I originally just wore a beanie or knit headband on when my ears were a little chilly (I'd get funny stares because the Danes, other Europeans, and many Americans from the mid-west and east coast obviously didn't think it was THAT cold, but hey give me a break, I'm from a city that doesn't experience seasons), I am now forced to bring gloves to keep my hands warm. I'm not looking like such a wimp anymore. Everyone else is wearing their bulky winter coats and parkas that are lined with fur.

I can see my breath now and yesterday night as I was riding back to my kollegium from dinner at Keops, a digital sign flashed that it was 9 degrees Celsius (which is 48.2 degrees Fahrenheit for all you Americans, haha)! And I'm afraid it's only going to get colder....AHHHH!!!

Guess I need to start getting used to it now, but I heard that the end of December and January are the worst of the winter months here in Copenhagen. I'm relieved (yet a little disappointed, only a little though) that I will not be here to experience those harsh(er) winter months. What I naively considered "cold" in San Francisco is not even minutely close to what I have already experienced here in Scandinavia. I'm sure I'll get my rude awakening as well as a fair share of unbearable winter weather (snow included) during the rest of my stay.

I'll just have to continue drinking lots of hot tea and keeping my extremities and the rest of my body warm with hats, gloves, socks (fuzzy and wool), and a coat.