Social butterflies -- the only ones to survive the winter

Despite the wretched cold and bitter wind, I was not holed up in my cozy apartment all weekend at least. In fact, compared to my normal weekend activities back in good ole Lincoln, I was quite the social butterfly!

Saturday night, we were invited to an Estonian student's apartment to partake in a traditional Estonian meal. So, after meeting up and shopping at Rimi, the supermarket, we had a lovely dinner of meat and potatoes -- followed by chocolate ice cream, which we ate straight out of the carton with spoons. Just the way I like it. There were 10-12 of us maybe, several Estonians, but also French, Lithuanian, Finnish -- who I should be meeting up with in Helsinki this spring!

Yesterday, we went ice skating! It's been a while since I've done it, so I was just enjoying the fact that I wasn't falling down and it was sunny, and then I looked and saw this:

Photos courtesy of Miss Adina :)

and remembered, oh, yeah, I'm in the heart of Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia ice skating with my friends from around the world. How crazy is that? After being over here for so long, getting into a rhythm, a routine, thinking about the weather and the classes, and buying groceries, it's so easy to forget that this isn't normal at all! Once in a life time and all that. :p

I really can't wait for spring, though. It's hovering around 0 degrees (Fahrenheit) with a wind chill that I can't even explain. And I realized that I really miss my nice warm car! Walking around for even ten minutes outside is just plain painful! I also have been informed that Nebraska is experiencing some 50-60 degree weather. Rude.

Missing Nebraska's random weather, but missing you guys more,
jennywren