Dublin, the 6^th of January 2010.

0.5°C and 3 cm snow.

All buses cancelled for the evening. Schools closed until the end of the week. People checking into hotels next to their jobs.

Oh how I realise now what I have always taken for granted in Sweden. Suddenly I understand that sand, salt and snowploughing do not happen automatically by themselves.

But I better get back to my after-new-year-cleaning. It is the only way to stay warm when the thermometer in the apartment is showing 12°C.