25.01.2006 10:50
Sibirische Kälte
Monday night I came back from warm Copenhagen (around -5 degrees when I left) to Sibirian Berlin (-18 degrees upon arrival). Since then I make a huge fire in my oven, everytime I come home, i.e. Monday night, Tuesday morning, Tuesday night, this morning. This has the effect that the temperature was still above 10 degrees in the morning. That's how well insulated my flat is.
But the truly Sibirian cold manifests itself in the following way: If it is cold, then whenever I cook (and therefore produce vapor) water condenses at my kitchen walls. So the outside wall just below the window is quite often humid in winter. Yesterday night it was not humid anymore, there was real ice on it (indoors!). Which means that the wall itself was 0 degrees! That's how well insulated my flat is.
