After 9 months in the US it is nearly time to finally go home. The last few weeks in Connecticut have gone so quickly and I’ve had a really great time. Last time I was here it wasn’t much fun as I was stuck in a hotel room most of the time with not much to do. This time has involved lots of lunches and dinners and obviously nights out drinking.
Christmas time seems to be well celebrated here. There are so many houses covered in lights which reminded me of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, although I think these house put Chevy Chase’s to shame.
It’s quite bizarre that when I arrived here in March it was thick snow and really cold; now on my return I’ve been treated to exactly the same weather. We have seen 3 lots of snow in as many weeks, and tomorrow we are expecting a Nor’easter which doesn’t sound like much fun. Last Thursday the weather was so bad that most of the office left early. It was quite dangerous driving home as even the main motorways were covered in thick snow and ice as about 10 centimetres fell in a few hours. There is a huge slope up to my hotel which I only just managed to drive up. Some poor bugger in front of me attempted it about 3 times before finally giving up! It was very pretty in the daytime, but the evening rush hour was not very nice. I just hope that the planes are flying out on Tuesday evening when I take my flight back to the Netherlands.
