South Kensington station, -2°C

Camera-phone series #21.

Earlier than me

7.46 am, 0°C.  Someone was out earlier than me.

Camera-phone series #18.

Hats

Love hats. For the possibility of walking among falling snowflakes.

(Heads turning a bonus.)

Modern-day Sisyphus

Doing penance in front of the Reichstag.

Mr Beer Belly, Mrs Boobs and friends

Near Alexander Platz in Berlin. I think the festival was a statement about global warming.  (Presumably because it is a leap of faith during a Berlin winter, to believe that global warming is actually happening .)

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Baby bike, Hannover

Mum and kid went into the »Landesmuseum after parking the bike.

In Berlin we like to drive our convertibles in -10ºC

P.S. to car aficionados: What make and model is this?

Snow prints

This snow is not getting too fun anymore

Okay, this snow is not getting too fun anymore. The transport system in China is near paralysis and I am not sure if my flight tonight will fly. Fingers crossed.

Desaturated playground

Except I didn't desaturate it. I left the metering on as spot metering by mistake and couldn't have asked for a nicer effect.

Mini-snowman, Shanghai-style

Delightfully stumbled upon on Xikang Lu near Nanjing Lu.

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

Reminiscences of good old US days

Featured this weekend in my favourite NYT.

Winter Day Out in Boston

By ABBY GOODNOUGH

Keep warm with a meal at Fireplace restaurant, in the aisles of a university bookstore and hot chocolate on Harvard Square.

Winter Day Out in Chicago

By MONICA DAVEY

Without violating the city’s code of stoicism, one can find the ideal winter day in the Second City by alternating outdoor grit with a smattering of permitted hideaways.

Winter Day Out in Seattle

By MATT RICHTEL

Drink coffee. Put on another layer of dry clothes. Repeat. This is the formula to warm inside and out in this city.