Monday 24 January 2022

Winter Storm

 This morning the sun was shining so I went for a walk. 

12 midday it started snowing. Well, a few snowflakes fell and melted 

Elsewhere in the country there is heavy snow, villages are snowed under, main roads are chains only.


Schools in our area are closed for three days. It's not so tragic on the island. But Poros is  classed as part of greater Athens so we go under the same rules.

It is snowing 'properly' in central Athens.



Pic from grandson in Athens
The parks have a few feet of snow

The motorways around the capital  have kilometres of cars unable to move  because of the thick snow. Many of the islands are covered as well. One of them is Naxos which I wrote about recently praising it's mild climate. Not so mild this winter.



I know you're laughing out loud Jenn.  Three snowflakes and life slides (skiis 🤣🤣) to a halt.


We lit our wood stove at 11, a pot of goat stew is simmering on the top. Yes, really, but I'm eating rice .  We sit and watch a marathon weather report from the rest of the country and await a fierce snow storm. Now I'm laughing out loud too.




Snow clouds are coming down


Yesterdays snow on the mountain

Since midday we have had snow flurries but it hasn't settled 

Greek tennis player Tsitsipas won his next round, progressing in the Australian Open. The match wasn't shown on Greek TV but I got live updates from brother in Perth

That's it for Monday



12 comments:

  1. The occasional snow-day can be quite exciting, provided you don't have to drive out to work or anywhere important.

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  2. Maybe some of those snow flurries will land and you can get outside and make a baby snowman :)

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    1. We had some flurries but it all melted immediately. Darn it

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  3. Sounds a bit like the UK. A few snowflakes fall and everything STOPS. In Alaska nothing stops play!

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    1. Athens got feet of snow and the city ground to a halt but it was a non event here

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  4. I guess the people in Athens are not used to clearing snow! Hop0e you got a few more flakes.

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  5. Meanwhile in Melbourne we have another scorcher coming up - after a string of low 30s tomorrow is forecast 36c and humid yuk. I wouldn’t mind a bit of your cold (just joking)
    Snuggle up and keep warm!

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    1. Don't know what's worse, 36 or 6. Actually I prefer the cold but with sunshine!

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  6. Wow. It must be really cold. The snow does look pretty. We are having really hot weather but have a storm forcast for tonight
    All the Greeks in Melbourne are very excited watching the tennis. I’m not a big tennis fan so I’ve giving it a miss, but like all good Greeks I hope he gets to win

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    1. Tsitsipas is a good player but don't think he's great, just yet. He has his off days now and again . At least he won't have to play Djokovic 😅

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