Originally posted by savoche Hmm, and it was -13°C here this morning. Winter might be coming after all. That doesn't happen every year.
The bloody darkness arrives like clockwork, though. Bah.
We went to Kristiansand on the ferry from North Shields (Newcastle) many years ago in January. After seeing the temperatures were well below zero I bought my partner some thermal underwear. When we got there the temperature was actually warmer than the UK at just above zero.
We ate in our hotel in the evening and bought a very expensive bottle of Italian wine (expensive because it was Norway not because the wine was good) and when the waiter opened the bottle he tasted it himself so we didn't even get to drink the whole bottle
. That is the only time in my life I have ever seen the waiter taste the wine.