Look outside! What do you see? Right now I'm sitting in the university library, so I can't say I'm having the best time of my life. But the weather outside is not tempting either: this morning it has snowed a little, and the pavements are covered with thin slippery crust. There are heavy masses of grey clouds floating slowly in the sky, and it is hard to remember the last time the sun glimpsed through them. Right outside the window I see the glittery surface of a big lake shackled in the stones of the quay. A flock of ducks and a couple of swans used to live there in the summer; I think, they will stay there for the winter, too, as there are always some people walking along the bank of the lake who are glad to feed the birds with some bread. The national theatre is standing right on the quay. It looks like a ship proceeding under sail. The cold breath of winter follows you everywhere.