It's been a very strange season in Holland. This morning I read @mymodjo tweet about how Holland varied from sunny morning to cloudy, rainy, again sunny, and back to cloudy afternoon.
In fact, some people became really ill because of this strange weather (raise your hand if you are one of the victim! :P) *oma angkat tangan*
The stranger thing is this: Dutch people can be easily deceived by the sun (or the fact that a new season has taken place). If it is sunny, although it is still cold as a fridge, the Dutchies would wear their slippers, t-shirt, skirt, and sunglasses. Or even worse, like yesterday, the fact that this is almost June, which is already Spring and almost Summer, they wore shorts and t-shirt, even though the weather was like crap - cold and raining.
I could recall that two months ago, when it was just the beginning of spring, it was 10 - 13 degree. People wore their jacket or rain coat. They still wore boots or at least proper shoes to protect their feet against cold wind. And, last week, it was 13 degree, indeed very sunny, and peopole were wearing spaghetti top, skirt, summer dress, t-shirt, shorts, and of course, sun glasses.
It made me think, did they not realise the temperature or did they actually feel warm?
A couple of weeks ago, I, on attempt to be very Dutch, was tricked by the sun, too. I woke up, seeing that the sun was shining so bright. I wore my skirt and t-shirt, and brought my cardigan (in case of cold wind, I thought). I stepped out from my house, and,.... it was really really cold, still.
And 3 weeks ago, I was even crazier by going to the beach wearing summer clothing in the middle of only 15 degree spring weather. The result: almost 3 weeks serious flu.
Thus, from now on, if it is cold, it's cold. No pretending, no being trendy by just wearing lighter clothing.
In fact, some people became really ill because of this strange weather (raise your hand if you are one of the victim! :P) *oma angkat tangan*
The stranger thing is this: Dutch people can be easily deceived by the sun (or the fact that a new season has taken place). If it is sunny, although it is still cold as a fridge, the Dutchies would wear their slippers, t-shirt, skirt, and sunglasses. Or even worse, like yesterday, the fact that this is almost June, which is already Spring and almost Summer, they wore shorts and t-shirt, even though the weather was like crap - cold and raining.
I could recall that two months ago, when it was just the beginning of spring, it was 10 - 13 degree. People wore their jacket or rain coat. They still wore boots or at least proper shoes to protect their feet against cold wind. And, last week, it was 13 degree, indeed very sunny, and peopole were wearing spaghetti top, skirt, summer dress, t-shirt, shorts, and of course, sun glasses.
It made me think, did they not realise the temperature or did they actually feel warm?
A couple of weeks ago, I, on attempt to be very Dutch, was tricked by the sun, too. I woke up, seeing that the sun was shining so bright. I wore my skirt and t-shirt, and brought my cardigan (in case of cold wind, I thought). I stepped out from my house, and,.... it was really really cold, still.
And 3 weeks ago, I was even crazier by going to the beach wearing summer clothing in the middle of only 15 degree spring weather. The result: almost 3 weeks serious flu.
Thus, from now on, if it is cold, it's cold. No pretending, no being trendy by just wearing lighter clothing.
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