Now, being from a southern state that gets some snow but not usually a lot I know that unprepared areas get a little skittish with the prospect of snow. Many a northern state folk make fun of us when we get out of a school for a little half inch dusting. However, southern France can beat that. Can you guess what a snow day looks like in Nice??
Rain. Ok, cold rain.
That's right folks. Woke this morning to all the buses not running and although I did walk to school in the cold rain this morning, I taught no classes and the whole school was closed by noon. All without a single actual snowflake.
Now snow is in the forecast for this afternoon and evening, but I've still only seen rain around here. I have not doubt however that the hills all around Nice are getting a nice dose.
Yesterday, by some luck, I also did not have to work. And instead of laying around the house and doing nothing like I have done today, I decided to take a 2 hour bus up into the hills to St. Etienne just to get some fresh air and enjoy some nice views. Well, I didn't know how nice of a view I had in store. The weather has been terrible all weekend, and so while that has meant nasty rain on the coast, it has meant plentiful amounts of fresh fluffy snow in the mountains. I left the palm trees of Nice just for a few hours to enter a winter wonderland. If I was much of a skier, this would most certainly be the time to go. I do actually hope to go try that sometime in the coming weeks.
Here are couple pics from my brief promenade in the snow.
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