“Cavani couldn't believe that it got dark outside at 3 pm in the winter”
It’s like me moving to Australia and then being shocked that instead of snow I’m witnessing 40 degrees at Christmas. Do some basic research ffs.
Good fecking riddance to this dimwit.
It must be a common mistake though, people understand it's going to be cold and wet but they don't factor in how dark the UK is for 4/5 months a year. This is an absolute killer for your social life and if you're used to that late-evening dining/socialising experience much of the rest of the World has, it's a massive culture shock.
I remember my sister was dating a Greek chap she met in Rhodes. He moved over to England for the first time and I remember distinctly being sat in the pub at about 6pm one evening in about September/October....he said 'what is this weather, why is it so dark so early?'....I said 'it's not the weather, it's because we're further from the Equator, it'll be like this until Spring now'.
His face fell and he said 'what....so it will get dark at 6pm now
every day until March/April?"
And I went "no.....it'll start getting dark at like 3pm every day until about March/April"
Honestly, he looked like he might have a breakdown.
We sort of forget what a miserable little rock we live on, plonked in the middle of the Atlantic. We're liked boiled frogs, it's all we've known so we don't feel that urge to hop out of the pan. The folk that come here from nice, pleasant, warm, sunny climates find it incredibly testing.