Tuesday evening the snow started, just as we had finished a little shopping at Kaufland. Soon, there was enough coverage to make that crunchy sound when you walk. We were so excited that we got our coats on at 11pm and went for a walk.
They next day, Ross got up early to go to school and I lay in bed trying to get some sleep before a 7pm start at Wheelers. Ross insisted I get up (at 8am!) to at least look at the snow. We'd had at least 4 inches in the night and it was covering everything. It looked really beautiful. Although I had a long night ahead of me, I got dressed immediately and plodded around in the back garden. It was so thick, it was reaching my ankles and storing itself in my upturned jeans. I shovelled the front steps and path like a proper Bubenreuth resident and then took the plough to the back garden and proceeded to make a snow mountain, which I was hoping would turn into a snowman.
Coming from Bournemouth, where we get little to no snow, I forgot how difficult and tiring snowman making is. Unfortunately the snow was too fluffy so I gave up and retreated back to the warmth of the house.
Now that everyone has been out in the snow, either by car, foot, bike or sledge, it has made it extremely slushy and brown. It has also remained cold with a regular minus 2 temperature so it's also created icy roads. My hiking boots were comfortable for the first day of snow but I also wore them to work and now my skin in sore. Without them I am stuck with trainers which don't provide any warmth or have a great non-slip sole. Getting to work has also been hard, and I've been late for two shifts in a row now because Deutche Bahn can't run their trains on time or provide informative notices.
So I think the overall view for this weather is, it makes everything pretty and you feel like you're in a winter wonderland, but when is the damn stuff gonna melt!
