Madness continued

Work is just insane these days... if anything can go wrong, it will. Besides, social obligations abound at this time of year and it all makes my head spin.

The pelting rain has washed away almost all the snow and the temperatures have risen for about 25°C in just a couple of days, from -15 in Ljubljana (or -14 although in some places it was as low as -20 which is about 0F) Sunday night to +11 (which, according to my converter, is 52F) today. The rivers are rising and flood warnings have been issued for most of the country for the next couple of days. We are on relatively safe grounds, though, so no real concerns here for the time being. We obviously won't have a white Christmas but it will certainly be a very wet one. And to start off the festive season, a rainbow graced the otherwise sullen sky this morning.

And to answer the question from the comments: yes, I was engaged in quite a few sports although I am now retired from all of them. I take bowling (the world-wide known 10-pin variety) more as a social event than a real sport although, if taken seriously, would be quite demanding, I imagine. I used to compete in the 9-pin variety which, apart from the central Europe and a few other parts of the world (like Australia due to strong immigration from these areas), is rather unknown, and is unlikely to ever become an Olympic sport. But the 9-pin section is a part the bowling federation and international competitions, even world championships, are held regularly.