Footsteps on the soggy ice

So that's enough colour for now. Actually, the weather was so generally awful this weekend that Florence wasn't really very colourful. But it was still more colourful than Finland.

We landed in a modest snowstorm at the airport around lunchtime, but by the time we got the bus into town that had more or less resolved to sleet. A lot of snow has gone from the city areas compared to when I left on Thursday. And the infrastructure for the city bikes is being put in place. So presumably spring must be around the corner, but just hidden from sight.

We certainly wouldn't go out on the ice now, but clearly someone had been quite recently, even if they hadn't gone very far. That would, I think, be foolhardy.

I've backblipped for a hectic weekend which began here on Friday, and continued through further conviviality on Saturday and Sunday. I may need a holiday to recover from this weekend away.

But glad to be back in Helsinki. Florence is a bit chaotic for me. Helsinki is nice and calm, with its cold, clear and dry air. Looking forward to a good week.