SNOW!

And the prize for the person most enthusiastic about the snow in Bad Salzdetfurth goes to... me. Probably not even an exaggeration, as everyone else here seems to find snow a bit of a pain. Possibly because everything is on a hill: the supermarket/'town centre' is downhill, the station is downhill (a different one), the school is uphill... But still, I am happy. Quantity wise, there is enough snow for snowballs but not enough for a decent snowman. It would be one of those annoying ones with bits of grass and grit stuck in the snow.

There is snow on the tracks. South West Trains would be in crisis mode and cancelling trains. The Howard of Effingham School would have made the pupils go to school and then closed early. The University of Warwick would be cancelling lectures because the lecturers can't get to work. Meanwhile in Germany, NordWestBahn services are running on time and as planned. IGS Bad Salzdetfurth had a normal school day.

Snowy days are amazing here. You get all the fun of snow without the disruption. Life just carries on as normal. It was lovely being able to go to Hildesheim and not worry about whether I would be able to get back home. Admittedly, I was unable to resist the urge to go and panic-buy milk. Because everyone knows that if you run out of milk you can't have a cuppa, and if you can't have a cuppa there is no way you will survive the cold spell. One of the highlights of a snow day has to be walking to the village to buy milk and discovering that all the milk has already run out, including the super organic super expensive stuff. It just isn't the same.

Anyway, the weather is supposed to stay around -5°C and snowy for the next few days. Yayy!