Having barely recovered from the excesses of Thanksgiving (otherwise known as 'Christmas in November'), it was soon time for our second Christmas of the year. This ended up being a lot like our first Christmas, although this time we had a tree ... and a lot less green bean casserole.
We went for the full Christmas dinner, resplendent with brussel sprouts (my personal favourite) and pig wrapped in more pig. And of course, no British Christmas is complete without trifle (we even made our own custard)! Admittedly, after eating it for a week the novelty started to wear off..... but seriously....trifle!
So other than the excitement of two Christmasses in one year, and the small matter of an engagement (!), there wasn't too much else going on in Athens over the Winter. Except snow......
And when it wasn't snowing, it was birding...
So during the three months of almost continuous snow, and temperatures that rarely got above -5 Celcius, that wasn't a whole lot of stuff that could be done outdoors, unless you like the cold that is. We did, however, develop a fondness for walking on frozen lakes, like this one.....
And this one.....
Well, that weren't any other beach activities that appealed to us at the time
But don't worry kids, we took precautions to ensure we weren't at risk of a soaking - I had my best man on the case...
The lakes were solid all the way to the lake bed, which was pretty neat..... and reassuring
Even Omar couldn't break through it :-)
So that's about it for Winter in Athens. Not too exciting, but we did escape a couple of times, to Michigan in December (a few posts up from this) and to Vancouver/Seattle in January (see the photos via this link to facebook photos (no login/profile required)).
So we weren't completely overwhelmed by the Snowpocalypse. That's not to say we aren't glad that Spring is (might be) on it's way...
