A couple of days ago we
had a real snow day in Paris! We woke
up Sunday morning to a blanket of white covering the ground, the rooftops, the
cars, and the umbrellas and sure enough it was still snowing.
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| View from Adrien's window. |
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| View from one of my bedroom windows. |
According to discoverfrance.net, “Paris is known for its frequent showers, which tend to pass
just as quickly as they arrive. It is not unusual to witness bright sunshine
one moment, then a quick shower followed by a return to sunshine — all within
the course of a few minutes' time… it is practical to carry a small umbrella
with you in all seasons. Thanks to its temperate climate, however, snowfall is
somewhat of a rarity in Paris. Although there is at least a dusting of snow
about 15 days a year, most accumulation generally disappears within 24 hours.”
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| One of my favorite little gems in Paris on rue Vieille du Temple. |
Everyone
has been telling me that a snow like this is really rare in Paris. A light
dusting is much more common, but playable now is rare, and this was playable
snow. I went to church in the morning and brought my camera because I love many
of the streets I pass through and thought they would be even more beautiful
because of the snow cover.
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| Hotel de Ville |
I arrived
at church only to discover that the rest of the meetings were canceled so that
the children could enjoy the snow. Why not? I wanted to enjoy the snow too. I
decided to take a walk along the Seine and to the Notre Dame as Tristan wasn’t
expecting me home for a few hours and I was for once Adrien-less. Trust me;
strollers in the snow are not the business! ;)
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| The river, Seine. |
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| The Notre Dame |
After I
got home and we all had lunch we decided to take Adrien out to play at a park.
At first he had no idea what to do. I am sure his big clunky boots covered in
snow didn’t help much either. But we showed him how to make snowballs, and even
better how to throw them. He thought this was awesome and in the end he didn’t
want to go home, maybe never!
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| Walking to the park. |
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| Snow art at a cafe. |
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| Playing with snow balls. |
So we had to persuade him with the prospect of a
nice cup of hot chocolate. ;)
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| Making hot chocolate with mommy. |
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| Enjoying a hot chocolate and a piece of almond cake after playing in the snow. |
When I was
a child I loved to go have a snow day with my family in the Sierra’s. However, ever
since I lived in Idaho and Utah and actually lived in the snow, I have hated it
and had no desire to play in it either. I feel I have come full circle because
it was very nice to have a snow day again, especially because Adrien enjoyed it
so much, and I was happy in my thoughts knowing that it would be gone the next
day. Sure enough, Monday morning came and there was only slushy outside and
today practically nothing. I will be looking forward again sometime in another
year to another snow day.
