Winter in Johannesburg

I must admit, I've never understood all the bitching and moaning South Africans do in winter. I was born here and have never been to Europe (so my opinions might change if I ever go through a European winter), but I love winter!! Any day of the week I'd rather be cold than hot. Oh, I do get cold, but I love it! First off it's the ultimate excuse to layer on clothes, and I do love my suits, ties, scarves and coats. When I'm cold, I feel alive! And I'm tonnes more productive in the cold weather--I guess it has something to do with constantly moving around to keep warm. In summer I'm a sloth. It's too hot to so much as move my pinky toe, and the sweat pours out of every pore in my body. I sweat from places I didn't know had sweat glands (gross, I know)! :-P

Besides, as I've always said: When you're cold, it's perfectly acceptable, socially, to throw on another layer of clothes. It is not socially acceptable (in most circles) to walk around naked--and even if it were, being naked doesn't really help, now does it?! ;-)