The weather has turned really cold – it’s been between –5°C and –10°C for several days now.

I’m pleased that I don’t have to commute in this weather. Not because the cold is so bad, but because the temperature differences are. I have to get dressed for the weather outside, and then walk for 10 minutes before I get on the train, which is hot in comparison. And then I have to either swelter, or peel off my layers and find a place for them on a crowded train.

Now I can just enjoy the snowy views – which are much nicer here in the suburbs than in the city, where all the snow melts or is pounded into slush by tens of thousands of feet.