What is this magical white substance that's supposed to stop me?

To quote a friend, "OMG snöööö". It seems that Finland does not escape the usual "first large snowfall = everyone panics" and this morning we had a few peeps late to class because they were stuck in traffic. I personally had no problems, last night I finally gave in and changed my tyres from slick summer ones to cyclo-cross. That's a thing that's supposed to take ten minutes, right? Wrong. In Gali-land, that task took about an hour and a half and even though I thought I had cleaned the tyres and rims well, I clearly had not. In the end though, it was all worth it. Best commute ever! I didn't even mind the wind all that much.

Going back home shall be interesting, it's been steadily snowing all day and the wind has definitely picked up quite a bit. Still, another quote from another friend, "the white balance has finally been adjusted."