We are having unusually cold weather--right around freezing day & night, which I realize is not Denver cold but pretty cold when you're used to walking and biking everywhere.
We hear this is exciting because it may build up a foundation of ice on the canals in the north part of the country, and if we have another stretch of freezing temps, it will build on that ice and then maybe, just maybe, the ice will be thick enough for the officials to hold an Elfstedentocht race, which is a 211 km speed skating race on natural ice between eleven northern towns that happens only when the ice is thick enough. Last time was 1997. The country goes crazy if this happens; it would be really cool if that happened while we're here.
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