In the Netherlands we've got a period of Winter. A period with ice and snow. This year the ice and snow came very late. But when the ice and snow comes in the Netherlands it is very cold. Our railway business cannot operate in this cold, I hear from the radio.
We've got some traditions when it's cold and it has been frozen. One of those traditions is to ice skate in Friesland, the Elf Stedentocht, translated to English the Eleven Cities Tour. It's a must and the last time it has been ridden is in 1997! Because the lakes must be frozen around 20 centimeters.
Well for me, I like a short period of winter but it's very cold. But now I'm losing