Snow, snow, snow

Measurable snow in southern Denmark! Wow! In the past +/- 20 months, I think the most snow we had was about 2 centimeters (an inch). The storm that is blowing through right now, has put the 2 centimeters to shame!

Yesterday, I was supposed to visit my blogging friend Tara in Aarhus. After about 30 minutes of driving, the snow was coming down pretty heavy, we were traveling at 65-70kmph on highway 45 (speed limit 120kmph), and the cars were slip sliding away. Growing up in the midwest, I'm no stranger to driving through snowstorms; however I'm also accustomed to a certain level of road preparation (salt brine solution/beet juice) and snow removal.

After a quick stop at a gas station, I turned around and headed back home. I'll have to reschedule my visit and christmas cookie making with Tara.

Today, we woke up to a blanket of snow in southern Jutland. We have about 5 inches of snow and it is still coming down! I 'watched' the local news last night. I didn't really 'listen' to the news because the Danish was a bit too fast for me, but I did gather from the footage that the roads near Kolding were particularly bad.

A few pictures.