After new year we have had some lazy days here in Novokuznetsk with late mornings and late evenings (at least in local time). We have not been sleeping on the couch the whole days though, both bowling and ice skating has been on the agenda so far.
Today we went to the dacha to prepare for tomorrow’s trip to there. We made sure the heating is working in the house and the sauna (Russian: banya) and in addition we also cleaned some paths and a parking place in the meter-deep snow. It was around -20 degrees Celsius but my feet, which often get cold, were not close to being cold thanks to woolen socks and valinki.
At the moment I am watching the hockey final between Sweden and US. Sweden played Russia in the final last year which was great but at least they met in the semi finals this year.
The skiing trip have been been postponed for now. It was -30 there today so skiing would not be much fun anyway.
I am continuously updating the new-year-photo-album.