First signs of autumn

More color in trees

It's official: Summer's over. Temperatures dropped from 20 degrees (Celsius) to around 10'ish from last Wednesday to Friday. Trees have started to change their color and I got a first impression what power the notorious 'wind chill factor' has when walking across the street from one heated building to the next. It's not yet winter (obviously), but it's surely not summer anymore either.

Daft as I am, I underestimated just how much the temperatures might drop over here at night. So, when I visited friends on Saturday, I boldly dressed in jeans, t-shirt and a jumper - ergo, neither coat nor jacket. Considering that people were walking around in shorts and t-shirts just last week, I thought I had my basics covered. Well ... let's just say, I was very lucky getting the bus back right away. Another 5 minutes waiting and I might have turned blue.

Raining heavy

Anyway, I arrived in town around midnight in a subway full of people. As I soon learned, the so called 'nuit blanche' was happening. There were big crowds everywhere. Hence I assumed there must be something really interesting going on. Well, if there was, I didn't get it. I spend an hour asking people, reading leaflets and stopping by at marked points. I still have no idea what got all those people into downtown. I'll ask around at work tomorrow, maybe some of my colleagues can enlighten me.

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