For some of you, nothing to write about. But here in Beijing we had never so much snow as this winter. As a New Year gift we had the heaviest snow (and bitter cold – under 10C) since more than 50 years. Result: the usual chaos as Chinese drivers have no clue how to drive on snow or ice and are overall very poor drivers anyway; ever saw a Chinese trying to make a short U-turn? or parking in a small spot? or simply backing up? HILARIOUS!

See here some of my best pics (see the dates) of the snow in the past weeks.
Results was also, no taxis in the past days. They are afraid of the snow. So, I never walked that much as there was no other way to get to my gym, school or my depraved entertainment. No need to do more exercise in the gym. Just a good sauna.
I could sing another version of the song “Country Roads”: “Empty Roads”.
Trying to eat (again) some grandmother lamb, I created a gaping hole in one front tooth, on 2 January. No laughing matter (keep mouth shut!). But, this is Beijing. We braved the near 20 cm snow on 3 January, walked into the small Chinese hospital very close to us and – voila! A nice and talented lady dentist made it better than it was before. No waiting, great service and dearth cheap. Once you know how to, healthcare here is quite OK. But certainly not in some of those horrendously overprized (and sometimes incompetent) foreign clinics such as Family United Hospital.
Try this in Europe or USA.