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I guess you wouldn't associate these images with Portugal:

I remember a few good frosts in the Lisbon area when I was a kid, but nothing like we had today: cars, roof tops, grass, everything covered by 2 to 4 mm of ice. I have experienced stuff like this in the mountains, but not here by sea side.

For tonight the Meteorologic institute is warning of snow in the coast all the way down to the Algarve. I set a bike ride for tomorrow with my comrades, it should be interesting.

Vencit omnia veritas.

by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:15:04 PM EST
Wow, this sure doesn't look like I remember Portugal. Amazing.
by Fran (fran at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:21:12 PM EST
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I strongly recommend you give up on that bike ride. People in portugal are not used to driving on slippery roads and may not adjust to suit the grip. BEst not to be in their way when that happens.

But those scenes are brilliant, that's more scotland or scandanavia. Hope the vegetation is frost resistant.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:25:09 PM EST
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Thanks for the advice. I'll reassess the situation tomorrow morning. This winter has been harsh and I've put up 3 Kg already, so I'm a bit bike hungry now...

Vencit omnia veritas.
by Luis de Sousa (luis[dot]a[dot]de[dot]sousa[at]gmail[dot]com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:34:03 PM EST
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There were 10cm of snow around my mother's flat in Madrid. It does snow occasionally in Madrid (600m above sea level), but the largest snowfall I remember (some February or other) wasn't that thick.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 01:34:57 PM EST
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Why is that car sitting so high? It looks like it has a raised suspension...
by asdf on Fri Jan 9th, 2009 at 08:28:13 PM EST
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I think the driver has used the jack to lift the wheel off the ground. You can't blame Portuguese people for not being very familiar with the use of snow chains...

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by Bernard on Sat Jan 10th, 2009 at 07:53:41 AM EST
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