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European plains buried by snow

Christmas is often identified with the presence of snow. For us who are in a tropical country, the snow so as something exotic. 'replica' was presented in shopping centers in order to enliven the atmosphere of the capital city of the Christmas celebration. But for Europe which is now a desert of snow, winter brings its own troublesome. About 30 percent of flights at major airports in Germany (Berlin and Frankfurt), England (Heathrow and Gatwick), Paris, and Amsterdam was canceled.

Many are threatened not go back to my hometown because snow hampered. Droves of people switching to rail transport that is now too so no precise schedule. On the streets too, congestion occurs because the density of vehicles that now have to walk extra slowly and carefully. But still, the snow becomes a great view when viewed in the photo. As in some images the selection below.

European plains buried by snow


Snow covered the beach area in Weston-Super-Mare, England, as the snow-covered frozen sea. Meteorological Office has issued severe weather warnings.

European plains buried by snow


A woman walking on the beach at Weston-Super-Mare, England. Heavy snowfall that paralyze most of the UK, too many tourists could not go home because of cancellations at many airports.

European plains buried by snow


As this is the queue of passengers at Heathrow airport due to the many flights that were canceled.

European plains buried by snow


St Pancras railway station in London which serves the Eurostar route mainland Europe was no less full, due to the many passengers who switch modes of transportation.

European plains buried by snow


In Stratford, London, the snow was covering the empty stadium that will be used for the 2012 Olympics. Development-capacity stadium 80 thousand people are estimated to be completed next year.

European plains buried by snow


Water ice attached to the statue of Lord Alfred Tennyson and fog covered the tower of Lincoln Cathedral in England due to the temperature continues to fall. The result, a mystical landscape.

European plains buried by snow


A woman seen from behind a scarf and jacket are covered with snow in Berlin, Germany. This is how you should prepare for cold weather in Europe.

European plains buried by snow


Sheep standing in the middle of the field covered with snow in Dunning, Scotland. Their grazing activities are now increasingly disturbed by thick snow.

European plains buried by snow


Eiffel Tower is so pretty in the middle of heavy snow that hit Paris, but Charles de Gaulle airport reduced to 25% of services.

In Women's Clothes Show, Google sued

Again service on the Google Map Street View reap trouble. A Japanese woman is suing Internet giant photo because it clothes horse in front of the apartment appear on the map. Not too big still, Google was sued only 600,000 yen, or about USD 69 million.

Pictures were taken of vehicles that passed the Google Street View in front of his apartment. As reported by local newspaper Mainichi, the image is causing stress and psychological pressure that is very profound.

"I was overwhelmed with fear that feels targeted as a target of sexual crimes," said the woman was in its first meeting in Fukuoka last week. In fact, because of continued fears overshadowed, women were forced out of his company and moved home.

In the lawsuit, he states that since seeing it spread a coat hanger on the internet, disease obsessive-compulsive disorder in him getting worse. He also became afraid because they feel that all the personal things he did was spied upon.

Google itself immediately respond to a serious lawsuit. In fact, the image is immediately deleted when a Japanese woman had filed a lawsuit to court in October last. However, like rice has become porridge, she already feel victimized.

"I can understand that it is just a picture. However, display photos underwear, which was dried in the sun outside her home, is an act which clearly wrong," she said.