In my post about the Black Sea freezing, mention was made of the Fountains of Rome freezing over - from the Australian Broadcasting Company:
Europe's harsh winter blamed for more than a dozen deaths in three countries
Heavy snowfall and below-freezing temperatures have swept across Europe causing more than a dozen deaths, as well as grounding flights and crippling ferries in Italy and Turkey.
The cold conditions in Poland have killed at least 10 people in the past few days, according to officials who said temperatures in some areas had dropped below -20 degrees Celsius on Saturday.
Widespread too:
With no indications of a let up, some schools were ordered to stay closed on Monday in southern Italy, because of snow up to one metre high, the ANSA news agency reported.
The chill did not spare sunny Rome either, with the fountains in St Peter's Square freezing over.
Temperatures dropped to -7 degrees in Greece's second largest city of Thessaloniki, and -10 degrees was expected on Sunday, according to the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
Several Greek islands, otherwise known for their sunny and warm weather, were blanketed in snow with freezing temperatures.
The Lonely Planet also has some information as well as a lot of good photos - it is unusually cold over there.
Is this what we have to look forward to for the next fifty years or so? The sun is very quiet - Planetary K Index hasn't crept up above 2 for the last couple of weeks. 10.7cm flux is flat-lining.
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