Buurrr....

Circumstances have made it possible for me to come up with another justification of purchasing an umbrella: snow. That's right - it snowed yesterday. In the afternoon snow started coming down, mostly just mixed with rain, but then it didn't stop snowing until sometime early this morning. So now there is actually a blanket of snow on the ground. In October! It is not going to stay because it's still too early but I am so glad that I had my umbrella with me last night when I was waiting for the public transportation.

It's funny because the first thing that I thought when I saw it snowing outside was "I wonder if my class will be cancelled?" Then I remembered that I am in Switzerland...classes are not cancelled because of a tiny amount of snow that doesn't even stick to the roads, unlike Oregon. So, I trudged off to my German lesson anyways. I had a horrible bike ride to and from the bus stop though. It was so cold and I was trying to hold up my umbrella as I was riding, with my bag of books on one shoulder, so that the rain and snow didn't keep hitting me in the face as I was riding along, which really hurts! I found myself wishing once again that the bus would just come right to my house's doorstep. I hate the cold.

I thought that the first snowfall of the season is pretty significant so I took some pictures from windows in different parts of the house.