Snow Days!

So it snowed in Moulins. However, when I say Snow Days, I don't mean days off of school. We had 2 days where it snowed. One day more than the other, neither day did the snow last for very long. The first snowfall lasted until the next night, and the second lasted until morning. But snow!!!  I have been told that there was a lot more snow last winter, but this winter ...

Yzeure Centre-ville

This is a picture taken in Yzeure, which is where I teach. The building in the background is actually the Lycée (High School). My school is off to the right of the photo and behind the stores. It's a lovely school really, but there is no where for the snow to stick because there is no grass, so you get a photo of town square.
One thing about this snow day was that I had been sick all weekend, and the whole day before, and I wasn't looking forward to going to school (I had a full, 9 - 5, day) and I woke up to snow. Instant mood brightener.

This picture has a story behind it. Back in 2009 when I went to Urbana, I ended up being stuck in Chicago due to weather problems. So I met up with two sisters from California and a girl from Malaysia and we took the subway to the train station and hoped a midnight bus to St. Louis. It was great, but it was snowing. The girls found it so cold! I didn't at all, I had just come from Canada. So I wrote <3 CANADA <3 along one of the government buildings on the way to the train station.

I felt like I just had to continue the tradition in France, so I did. This is the gate leading out of my apartment.

The second snow fall didn't amount to much. But a second day where it snowed?? I had to get a picture, so here are a bunch of snowflakes on my arm. :)

And this is the courtyard as seen from my window. Those gates are the very same ones from the picture above! Gasp!  I had written CANADA on the portion on the left side of the picture.