While the forecast indicated that it was supposed to get colder, I had no idea how cold it was actually going to get (approaching zero Fahrenheit in Lausanne before wind-chill). I can't say for sure that this is the coldest that I've ever been, but I'm sure that it's pretty close.
The vague de froid ("wave of cold"), as it's being referred to across all the local news outlets, is apparently hitting the broader European continent extremely hard. Sadly, this has included a significant number of deaths in some eastern and central European countries.
Given such grave consequences, I feel bad complaining about the relatively minor impact that the cold weather has had on me (most notably the freezing conditions while waiting for the bus home at night). Nonetheless, I have to say that conditions really are brutal.
Highlighting how far reaching the vague de froid is, here's a photo that I found online of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome covered in snow. I also saw a similar photo of the Collosseum.
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