You know you are in
Holland when you hear people talking about the weather all the time. At first
it may sound weird, and people may seem to be obsessed with weather checking
the hourly forecast in the mobile apps every single day. But my perception
changed right after the day when I started for work on a day which looked
sunny, without an umbrella and was drenched while returning back. And on a
cloudy day when you think it is really cold (according to Indians) and put on
your warm clothes, you may sweat while walking on your way to work.
Weather literally
changes every hour. I love my seat at work where I can look through large open
windows from my seat. And the view is never the same. Just today at the clouded
sky at 9AM turned into a sunny morning by 10 and had heavy showers by 12 and by
12:30 it’s sunny again! If it were not for the droplets of rain the glass
window panels, you cannot tell it had rained 30minutes back by looking at the
sparse clouds in the blue sky.
The reason is the
geographical location of Holland. It’s near to the sea and the Arctic Circle
with no Mountains barring the wind. The wind is real fast.
The clouds change
patterns almost in the blink of the eye. They say that the Dutch skies have
inspired a lot of painters in the past. The view of the summer sky is similar
to the Autumn sky in Kolkata, with bright white clouds and clouds in different
shades of grey in beautiful patterns making lovely contrast with the blue
background. The only difference being that here in Holland, it changes a way
too fast. And if you are in a lovely countryside, the lush green fields, make
the frame really picturesque.
It took me almost a
month to get to the habit of checking the hourly forecast of the weather each
morning before starting for work or going out on weekends making a note of the
velocity of wind each day. And as Grannie says, “never go out without your
umbrella.”
The proverb : The Morning shows the Day is never true
in Holland.
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