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Munich whitewashed 慕尼黑變慕尼白

There seems to be only one topic of conversation at work this Monday and Tuesday (6th and 7th March). The classical excerpts include: ‘I haven’t seen this much snow for a while!’ ‘I couldn’t drive to work today because I couldn’t move my car out of the snow.’ And for something slightly out of this world: ‘I parked my car somewhere on the street, and I couldn’t find where it is under the cover of snow!’ When the snow became the only ‘hot’ topic of the town, one can appreciate how heavy it has been. And for me, everything to do with snow still has a very high novelty factor. So when the snow stopped on Wednesday morning, the first thing I did was to look for photo opportunities around the place. I was glad I had seized the day, because the rain on Wednesday night had washed away a lot of the snow. Of course, the car-owners were also rejoicing over the end of their inconvenience! The snow may look romantic from the warm indoors, but it’s a different story if one has to deal with or agains