The weather is being crazy lately in Moscow. It snowed for 4 days straight! They said that we had a month worth of snow in those 4 days. I cannot imagine traffic on Wednesday when people will go back to work after a long holiday weekend. Here is a view from our window. 
Speaking of long holiday weekends. Russia is very big on moving work days and holidays around to make "a bridge" and have long holidays. For example, this year the Defender's Day is on Tuesday (today). What they did was move Feb. 22/Monday (work day) on this coming Saturday (Feb. 27) and have Feb. 20 through 23rd off! 4 days off! I know that it's pretty crazy for Americans as, you guys, don't get that many days off for holidays. Another "bridge" I believe will be on March 8th, Women's Day. Well, actually we'll have 3 days off: Sat, Sun and Mon. Not bad :) Then we'll have May holidays :)) Did I mention that Russia has about 10 straight days off in January? Yep, 10 days! From Jan 1st through 7th. Plus weekends. Pretty awesome, I guess. At the same time, there are lots of arguments about so many days off as people, obviously, don't work on these days.
Check out my new hat! It's a wool beret! I love it a lot! It was kind of expensive (about $120) but I decided that it's a gift to myself from myself for Women's Day. The lamest reason you can imagine! :)
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