First snowfall

We woke up this morning to a beautiful snowfall outside our window! It's now early afternoon, and most of the snow has melted into a drippy, rainy day, but we sure enjoyed this morning.

So did Steve stay home from work? Did all the German schoolchildren stay home from school? Absolutely not. This kind of snow is apparently quite normal for Munich, though even the Germans still seem to enjoy the fresh beauty of the "first snowfall of the year."

What about all the bike-riding? Is it over for the year? Amazingly, bike riding is still possible in this kind of snow. It's all so wet that nothing really slips. Plus, the roads are well-cleared in most places. We'll have to see what the rest of the winter brings, but we're hoping we can ride on!

Yeah, so Steve wanted one more picture on the blog, but it was impossible to take with only one camera. The picture would have been of Beth standing on the back porch in shorts and a T-shirt taking pictures of the snow...