A common myth

Estonia is a relatively cold country. By cold I mean in winter it sometimes might reach minus 30C. For Egyptians it is of course unimaginable and I seem like a person from another planet for them because the coldest that can get in Cairo is +5 at night in January.

The temperature here is currently around 24 during the day and maybe 15 at night. The biggest mistake a person from the North can do here is to complain about the cold weather. If you forget this for a second and still decide to do it all people in hearing range will turn their highly surprised faces to you and the following statement sounds something like this “But hey! You come from a cold country. You shouldn’t feel fold!”

I am really sorry to disappoint you but I actually am able to feel cold. It doesn’t mean that if most of the year I am used to bad ski-weather I am less sensitive towards low temperature.