It snowed yesterday morning in Rome.
I could sense that there was something different. The colour. It seemed a lot brighter than usual. I pulled back the curtain and I was just amazed at what I saw.
Oh my! Its snow!
Its my first time seeing snow ever and as cheesy as it sounds, it looked quite magical seeing the little flakes floating down.
Having lived in Singapore all my life where there is sun all year round, the only time that I’ve seen anything close to snow was from my parent’s old icebox or the skating rink in the mall in Jurong East before it got torn down. (Speaking of Jurong East, I’ve never been to Snow City either)
In either case, excitedly, I went out to head to the park near our house have a look see.
Brr … its really cold outside. Every step I take feels like I’m crunching the snow below my boots.
That reminds me, Ugg boots are not good for snow, since the snow can seep in and melt on your feet. Oh well. Lesson learnt.
Everything was covered in white flakes, its so beautiful. I never thought that I’d ever see snow in Rome since Cart told me that its not so frequent for Rome to have snow. The frequency is about once every 10 years or so.
So even if snow might not be a big deal, seeing this was quite special to me.
Random thought : Hey! If I poured some rose syrup and condensed milk on this, would I be able to have Ice Kacang?!
I was amused to see a couple of kids trying to slide down using the snow sled. The funny thing is that the snow wasn’t thick enough.
And there were some who were throwing snowballs at each other.
I dont think that I could do that though since my fingers already felt like they were going to get frostbites if I stayed out even longer and I haven’t even touched the snow!
In any case I couldnt help but to take the opportunity to do one of the things that I love to do …
Camwhore!
Muahahaha!
Unfortunately the snow didnt last too long and by the afternoon, it the snowfalls stopped and the white slowly melted away. Ah shucks.
Anyhow, this is a quick video I took while it was still snowing just for memory’s sakes :-)
After all, I don’t want to wait another 10 years to get this video :-P
Sidenote : Happy Valentines day and Chinese New year to all! :-)
Does it usually snow in mid February in Rome? Or is the weather messed up already?
Early February is the coldest month in Rome. But like I said, it is very rare for it to snow in Rome, like once every 10 years.
hey rinaz! I love in rome, too, and found you through twitter from rome. Nice capture you’ve got! Unfortunately I was on my way to work and never had the chance to go back home and take my camera. : ( I like your first-timer point of view and the fact that you even didn’t touched it : )
It’s one of the coldest winters all over Europe..
@Rinaz Come to Sweden if you want to see real snow.. :P
err you should had seen on TV many times before so it should not be your first time.
NTT > Dont burst her bubble, let her happy for a while LOL.
“… let it snow let it snow let it snow…”
Coming in from Piemonte via ItalyTutto! Hi down there…I heard you guys had some snow. Strange stuff, huh? I expect the Romans were excited, werent’t they?
Sezgi
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I’m sorry that you left your camera at home, but you know what, I was just looking through on youtube and there were a number of people posting up videos of the snow too.
Haha, it sure is rare to have snow in Rome :-)
NTT
Hohoho, I’ll take that into consideration. Sweden is a picturesque place, just looking at your posterous. Imagine seeing the real deal! :-)
Ruby
But seeing real snow and seeing it on television is way different!
By your definition, I’ve seen dinosaurs hundreds of times before! UFO too! And faeries and imps and wizards and elves and aliens … :-P
CC
Late xmas song :-P
Louise
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Oh yes indeed! We were very excited since having snow in Rome is very rare. Like once every 10 years or so.
So much so that even my mum in law was calling me up, excitedly telling me about the snow in her area :-)
Check out youtube, there are plentiful of Romans taking footage of it!
GLOBAL WARMING!!!! :D
and in response to your previous post, hey, could they have been fancy versions of beggars? ;)
Haha, I made the same joke abt the Ice Kachang !
We had lots of snow since dec 18th, which is unusual. The unrelenting freeze feels like Ice Age – haha. The snow brigade even ran out of salt to sprinkle on the slippery roads within 2 days, when the amount stored was meant to combat the situation for a whole season.
Icy roads are treacherous. Folks falling n breaking their bones – ugh ! As I told my folks back home, winter is best viewed from behind my windows or the TV (as in SG). I hv enough of winter fingers n toes as it is !
Swirling snow has its magic, I’ll grant u that :-)