A snow that stays, in Belgium......and stays....and stays

We have recieved a half a meter of snow in the last two weeks and it has made the area very beautiful....if you don't have to go anywhere! They say it is the largest snowfall since the Battle of the Bulge in 1945. For a place where we're not used to snow staying for more than a day or two, this has become a huge problem, including a 10 hour commute home from work this week that I usually drive in one and a half hours.

 The side streets have not been touched and there is not a shovel you can buy in two countries, we have been in at least 10 stores to check. A two month wait if you want snow tires put on. As Randy says....it is time to give thanks again to pope Al Gore and his church of global warming. Needless to say he has not been a happy camper through all this.