It's been a while since I have been able to enjoy snow like I used to when I was a kid. Living in New York, snow is mostly annoying and uncomfortable, especially when walking to work. Also, when cars start driving again the snow turns grey, ugly and polluted.

Still, the first snowfall is always magical, and for a day or two New York can be covered in white. That's what happened a couple of weeks ago, when a blizzard hit New York, leading to the biggest snowfall in one day in history. Walking out in the streets and in Central Park was fantastic.



Ben, Shannon, Erik and I, after much pressure from Shannon, decided to go to Central Park and enjoy the snow and take in the atmosphere. There were more people in Central Park than on a regular summer day, and people seemed to really enjoy the change of scenery.



It was also fun to have a good old snowball-fight again, even though I disappointed myself and others with my much hyped Norwegian snow-ball tricks (the tricks worked, my aim was just way off...).



And when I saw a layer of untouched snow, I just HAD to jump in it. I haden't taken a proper snow-dive in years, and it felt really refreshing to do it again. See the video:



We spent a couple of hours in the park before we got cold, but we were also able to see the sun setting - an amazing view with the Manhattan skyline in the background.



All in all, a wonderful day. Thanks to Ben who took all the pictures with his supercool new SLR-camera!