A Big Snowfall

We got snow the week after Christmas and it actually stayed for almost a week, as snow seldom stays here more than a day. It got very cold during the week also, which made things very difficult, as the trains didn't run, and roads were terrible. The snow was kind of a nice look, although i didn't care for the cold, and I had to listen to Randy swearing about his friend Al Gore all the time.

It was so cold that the canals froze over for the first time in almost 50 years, and you could skate from Brugge all the way into the Netherlands. Both Brugge and Brussels have Christmas Markets around skating rinks in the Grand Place in the centre of town. Here is some of the skating at Christmas about a week before the cold weather came.

This is the Christmas Opera light and sound show at the Grand Place in Brussels.