So Spring has arrived! Around 20/3 and 21/3 should be considered the first day of Spring! It's hard for me to really know because living in Singapore for so many years, there is only 1 season - Tropical Summer.
So a Google search of this season would Spring up some results. And in your mind you would be thinking and picturing, nice weather, flowers, colour all around. So that imagery should probably be in everyones' minds when thinking of the word Spring.
So this is Spring in Mikkeli, Finland.
Wait. Whaaaaaaat?
Everywhere is whiter and snowier than ever!
I think it's quite apt to use the Expectation vs Reality meme now. But don't get me wrong, I really like winter, and snow everywhere, and this is really just an exaggeration. True Spring doesn't come till much later. But I think there has been a similar trend throughout the world this time. Cold places seem to be much colder and for much longer, and warm places seem to be warmer. I saw a video of snow in japan by my friend. Yes! Even at this time of the year, there is snow in Japan! So it's quite an anomaly this time round.
I wrote a few days ago that I did not reach Mikkeli early enough to experience the -28 degrees celsius temperature. But yesterday, it reached a low of -22! It was indeed quite chilly. I had to wear an extra layer just in case.
Facebook was kind enough to alert me of this before I left the house
I still think it's really beautiful, and I'm really happy I got to see such an extended white sight throughout March. I have plans to visit Helsinki and the famous Lapland area in early April, so I will make a post on that very soon! Please look forward to my post!
Searching for Spring Flowers
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nice pics! the snow looks so cold
yes the wind is crazyyyy!
The pictures looked beautiful. But I am sure it is quite a different story if you have to go out in that weather.
20th of March is the day Spring officially arrived. It is called the Vernal Equinox. Again, as you rightly pointed out, it is quite a different story in Finland. Where one expects flowers in Spring, it is all snow.
yes spring will arrive much later here! anyway the highest temperature in spain is probably still lower than the Singapore average!
let's hope the flowers appear soon!
sooner rather than later so i can capture some photos! :D
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Wow! -22 degrees. I would want to go there for my weight loss therapy. Haha! Very surprised to see that it still snows even though Spring had arrived. Upvoted!
@afiqsejuk i suggest playing dance dance revolution at the arcade. i swear its the best cardio ever! sweat a ton!
So nice to have a place to play snow. Here is freaking hot for the whole eternity life.