This is what we saw as we left the house early yesterday.

Last week’s storm deposited another foot and a half of snow, and with the temperature around -20 Celsius that snow is not going anywhere. But a mere ten hours (and 50 degrees Celsius) later, we were enjoying this:

And as if to taunt us, the fig trees were already well on the way to producing this year’s crop.

We’re staying in central Panama City – the old city – which is a UNESCO World Heritage site.  I’ll post more on that later, but for today I’m enjoying the heat.