This was the situation at the beginning of this week. A snow storm during Sunday night left a thick layer of snow covering everything in Helsinki. In those pics you can see the chairs and tables we used to employ for summer breakfast in our garden. The first pic correspond to the first night and I thought that they wouldn´t stand more snow and that I would never see more snow on those chairs and tables. Big mistake, only 24 hours late the situation was even worse: they were not even seen below the white and cold snow (no proof pic, sorry). The snow was accumulating against the wall of the house and we were even worried that all water coming from subsequent melting would lead to a flood at home. The first great snow fall is usually welcome and we also enjoy the watching the snowflakes falling gently on the land. This time it was different. Whereas in Finland people usually pay for having the snow removed from the shared parking areas and from the main doors of each house, in our neighbourhood we do it ourselves. Yes, I know what you are thinking, we are lucky. Actually, we should play the lottery because...do you know who was in charge of the cleaning this week, when the great snowfall arrived to Helsinki???? Yes, we were...and that meant that we had to wake up at 6:30 in the morning and make a considerably hard work during 1 hour and a half. After that, get dressed and go to work as any other day...I never thought that snow could mean something different to have fun and enjoy the view. Needless to say that I would pay to get it done by somebody else but it seems that most of my neighbours do not agree with my opinion. Will we have to remove more snow in the future? We'll keep on informing...
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