Oh yeah, it's frickin' cold in Romania too, it has been like this for two days already and this can be very depressive and affect the productivity of whatever you may try to accomplish. Including going to get your lunch from around the corner - 5 minutes for a mere 300-meter walk that can seem an eternity of swimming against the freezing wind.

Everything seems surrealistically paralyzed downtown Bucharest, very few taxis and this evening was looking as if Romanians were waiting for the glacial times to come. Oh well, that's why I am being unfriendly and acting cold these days...

update: for what is worth, I just learnt that January 24 is the worst day of the year. According to the Brits. [via Raluca]