It's not beginning to look a lot like Christmas

No, you know what? This cold at Christmas thing is messing with me after all. It does not feel like it's Christmas in less than a week, I think partly because it's cold, partly because I don't listen to the radio and hear all the ads for buying the perfect gift etc, nor TV ads, but also partly because I'm still at uni all this week.

By now, everyone in Australia (haha, everyone. Clearly I mean Adelaide Uni students) has been on holidays for ages (it feels like ages, anyway. I guess it would be about a month since exams finished? Maybe more?), and I don't get holidays until Friday. Granted, it's not like I do a lot of work anyway, but I think about it occasionally and know it's always hanging over my head and that I should do it. And even then, it's only a couple of weeks' holiday, instead of up to four months (if you're an arts student with no exams and early assignment due dates :P)

I do have a small Christmas tree on my desk, but it just doesn't feel like Christmas.

Ben came to Heidelberg for a few hours today, and I gave him the Grand Heidelberg Tour. When we got to the bridge, and looked up at the castle, THERE WAS SNOW ON THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAINS! ACTUAL SNOW! So very, very exciting. As Ben is a fellow fast walker, however, the tour was over a lot quicker than it normally is, so we were at a bit of a loss as to what to do. But we got (not very good) coffee and just sat and chatted for a while, so that was nice too.