One of the weirdest things that I've ever felt was on your side of the pond. I was in London for Thanksgiving weekend (US holiday at the end of November), and the street lights were already coming on at 3:30 PM. It was the first time that London's 51 degree north latitude clicked in my head, coming from New York at 41 degrees north where I believe the sun was still setting at 5:00 PM at the time. It didn't hit me until after I got home and was looking at my pictures that the grass was still green over there at the end of November, thanks to the warm ocean water.....