“Second winter” is back

“Second winter” is back

As the seasons change, we look forward to hotter days, longer hours and more sunshine. In Moscow, however, Mother Nature doesn’t allow this shift to be so simple. Over the last week, we have been experiencing something called the “second winter.”   Second winter is often referred to as the second coming of winter after a warm period. In Moscow, there was a lot of sunshine and warm weather bringing a false sense of hope for spring. Once students …