This is cold

Yesterday when we woke, the temperature was at -2C, not unreasonable considering the sun hadn't quite warmed things. Well, as the day progressed, the wind banged things around and caused a constant whistling in the bathroom. Around 3pm the temperature had dropped to -6C and by the time we went to bed it had made it down to -10.

Having no experience with subzero temperatures and laundry hanging outside,I decided to do laundry in this ridiculously cold temperature. It was a bit cold to hang the clothes on the balcony, but not so cold that I expected what Cullen found in the morning.

Cullen went to retrieve a piece of clothing to wear, and what he returned with was a shirt that was frozen stiff. It took a bit to thaw it over the heater, but the towels were especially frozen. On normal days it usually takes about 2 days to dry them on the balcony.

Laundry, the new experiment.

I also want to add that I think Beijing wastes it's subzero temperatures. What good is a temperature below freezing if you can't have snow? Where's the Snow? The climate is too dry, they say.