Snow and Sailing

Bergen is rainy, and like Seattle snow is not all that common - at least snow that sticks. But the Arctic Winds visited us last weekend, bringing a snow storm to all of Northern Europe, and even in the lowlands we had a taste of winter. I hiked up Løvstakken with some friends on Saturday (one of the seven mountains that surround Bergen), and went sailing with the university sailing team in crazy weather on Sunday with sun, snow, rain, hail, and a full range of calm to storming wind conditions. We were practicing putting up the spinnaker with sun and calm winds, and when we felt menacing dark clouds turning day into night and the first sprinkling of snow mixed with rain, we learned how to take it down even more quickly!