Snowing

Going to school in the
snow and graupel

 And .... it snowed just now. It wasn't much. Very light drift of snow but the City was excited ... a second time snowing this year! The snow melted when it landed on the ground.And there was graupel as well .... soft ice drops instead of rain. It's been very cold all night. Minus 2 degrees. I used multiple blankest to keep warm at night. Now during the day I'm wearing 3 layers of jumpers and 2 beanies. Luckily my office heater works so its not so bad. I didn't have transport to work today so I had to walk the 1km uphill. The stone pavements are very slippery so I had to walk extra slowly to avoid an accident.

Tomorrow night the jewish feast of Purim officially begins but because of the bad weather, most have started celebrating it yesterday. It appears to be a fun feast with children and adults dressed up in costumes ... but underlying it is a very nationalistic theme: kick out the non-jews because they are a threat. That's how Purim started, with the persians trying to kill the jews, who disguised themselves in order to escape persecution. Every year we have more locals coming to our door and spitting at us during this feast. It's a fate we christian minority have to put up with here.

Anyway we'll see what happens this afternoon with this weather. Maybe it'll snow even heavier ... maybe not. I'll just have to worry about walking home in the cold, dark slippery streets.