Winter has arrived

Yesterday, I experienced my first real Stockholm snowstorm. It has snowed a bit a few times here so far, but just a dusting to an inch. Several inches (6-ish?) fell yesterday.

The snow was coming down hard all night. It was Kathy's birthday so she cooked dinner for a few of us and then we went out to two bar/clubs.

The first bar we went to (I don't know what it was called) had the feel of sitting out on the streets. It's a weird setup, surrounded by stores (ie. H&M), all of which were closed at that hour. The seating at the bar was on stone steps, but they provided cushions. All of the walls and (most of) the roof were glass. Three of the walls, were the store front windows of the clothing stores. Regardless, you could see the snow.

Then, we went to a club called Musenbache (I'm sure the spelling isn't even close!). I believe we were on the third floor of a building and the room with the DJ and dancefloor had several floor-to-ceiling windows. It was strange to be so warm (it was crowded and everyone was dancing) and watching the cold weather outside. At this club, the music was really weird but everyone was into it. It was Baltic music, apparently. It sounded like a cross between Russian (including many "hey"s) and polka.

(To be honest, I'm back posting - catching up! I wanted a winter picture. I took the picture on my way to work on Tuesday.)