After the shock of temperatures around -17 degrees celcius in January, nothing much has changed! It has just continued! February was just as cold and while we had no big snow storm, there was regular snow to keep the city looking white. It was very cold - often fell below -20 overnight and it only reached positive temps for a couple of hours on two occasions - and that was only 1 degree.
We continued wearing just as many clothes as we did in January. The children are becoming more independent and during February, they started walking to school on their own - which meant we didn't need to add all our layers to walk them up. During mid February, as we hit the 6 week mark of being away, we all started to get a little frustrated with life - the weather being the primary factor. It was right at the time that we headed to New York, and despite New York had a snow storm while we were there, the temps were still around 0 degrees. We noticed a huge difference: just one pair of gloves; only one layer on the legs and 1-2 layers on top. Of course, we are laughing about the comments of 0 degrees being warm!
During the last week of February, the daily temps are still between -7 and -16 during the day. Three weeks until spring!
Montreal is known for its houses with external staircases. They are the subject of many photos and paintings in the souvenir shops. Many of the photos/paintings depict coloured staircases. Tony and I are on a mission to find a street with the coloured staircases: in the meantime, this will have to do. It is also an appropriate winter photo to show the snow piled up.
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