There’s lots of snow and it’s cold and cloudy in Davos. That’s the weather report, and if past experience proves true, it should clear for some magnificent weather next week.

That’s the way I like Davos, with participants crunching through the snow on the way to lunches and dinners outside the Congress Centre. Of course participants from generally hot countries don’t always feel the same way. Each year, I seem to have a conversation with Tarun Das, director general of the Confederation of Indian Industry, about how different the weather is in Delhi. He annually reminds me that India has the Himalayas as well (the Himalayas are to the Alps as the Alps are to the Appalachians).

At the Forum, people are trading last minute advice. Most of the Forum will take the train tomorrow from Geneva to Zurich, and then transfer to the smaller trains that trundle up to Davos. The best advice so far: “Bring your sense of humour.”