When I left to meet Daniela for lunch yesterday it had just began to flurry, Ana and I were shocked but I figured it was just a little flurry that would subside in a half hour, I mean it doesn't snow here, it just doesn't. But weirdly enough it continued throughout the rest of the afternoon and by the time Jordan and I left class there was a good 3 inches on the ground, snow was still coming down heavily, and the city was in chaos! Españolas were taking pictures left and right, the city buses were shut down, stores were closing, and the metro was on it's way to being closed. We could not believe it! As soon as we left La Facultat, of course we immediately started throwing snow (Jordan hit me square in the nose and I managed to get some down her back while Denise decided to stay out of the whole thing) and I took a tumble down the sidewalk sustaining a few bruises.
The city had no idea how to deal with this, cars were moving at a snails pace because there are no snowplows to clear the roads. Entrances to stores and the sidewalks were a mess without any rock-salt to put down. I saw a waitress sprinkling table salt out of a shaker onto the tile floor at a restaurant in attempt to stop the ice from forming. We finally made it back to our flats soaked through and through.
(From Left to right: Jordan, Denise, and me) SNOW EVERYWHERE!
Today if seemed like it never happened, it's gorgeous and sunny and not even too cold. I would think I dreamed it all but the purple bruise on my knee suggests otherwise. Hopefully Mother Nature had her laugh and we can all get on to summertime because palm trees full of snow is not an image I want to get used to seeing.
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