I had no idea when we considering Kassel, Germany as our new home that we would be moving to the Arctic Circle. Although today was quite warm 4-6 celcius, two weeks ago it was COLD (negative teens celcius). I think we had 8 full days of snow. After taking Colt to school all week, I have a new respect for people who say they walked to school in the snow. Seriously! A fifty meter walk to the tram (short), then we get off the tram at Hellebonneweg, listen to the running water of the stream, and walk across a sheep field to get to his kindergarten. The sheep field part was quite a trek in 6-8 inches of snow and by trek I mean I needed snowshoes to cross it! Because Kassel does actually has winters here, snow days don't exist like they do in Oklahoma. People go about their daily business in the snow. Unreal.
I never dreamed I would think 36-38 degrees is warm! LOL Of course every snow has its perks, at the end of our street young children sled the bunny hill (only 50 meters away). Adults and small children line up and take turns on the slope. It's fantastic. A sweet stranger and her son coaxed Colt for about 20 minutes, but he was so scared he cried. It didn't stop me from taking him home to his dad and going back for my first sled ride of my life. FUN! I loved it. I love Kassel. I even love the snow!
Our backyard...a blizzard (in Nicole's world)
Sledding on Willy Allee
