Living in London has its varieties. One of them is the snow at winter times. I've been living here for two years but this is the first time I saw the snow this thick. It was about 10cm thick in the morning and it's been snowing non-stop that in a local newspaper it's said that it has reached about 17.5cm deep. The newspaper also mentioned that this blizzard has caused the thickest snow in London since 1964.
The bizzare thing about the snow in London is that the city is incapable of coping with it. Two years ago when it was snowing for 4cm of depth, most of the tube lines were not working resulting in people flocking buses to work. I myself spent almost 2 hours reaching office. And of course, it was not a nice experience as I had to queue for a long time in the bus stop and when I managed to get a bus I had to squeeze myself to get into it with everybody else. This time, with 17.5cm of depth, I would expect it to get worse and it did. A lot of people were left stranded in the middle of going to work, some made it to office after a few hours and some others, who couldn't make it to office, went back home and tried to work from home. What happened with the public transportation? Some tube lines are either cancelled, partly suspended or with delays. Some buses were out of service due to road safety. In short, London is in a halt. You would have never thought that being a city used to wintry weather, London is having difficulty with its infrastructures whenever there is snow. And it's the sad truth. To its defense, London doesn't always experience snow in winter, especially one like this is very rare. That's probably why the infrastructures were not built to deal with it.
But it's not all bad news. I went out to walk in my neighbourhood and people were out and about, taking photos, making snowman, and in the park nearby people were sledging, snowboarding or just enjoying the snow. Dogs were obviously happy in the park. They were running around eating snow and scrubbing their faces to the snow. I also went out to Tower Bridge to take some photos of the city in white. Luckily the tube were working okay from my home to Tower Hill station and back. And so here are some photos I took today. Enjoy!
The view from my balcony
Another view from the balcony
On the way to the park - a post box covered with snow
This is an unusual sight - the park had a number of visitors today
On one side of the park with the pond
Another View of the park
Walking to The Tower Bridge
The Tower Pier and Tower Bridge
The City Hall
The Seats near Tower of London overlooking the Tower Bridge
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