First Snow of the Season
That’s right, yesterday Xi’an saw it’s first snow of the season. Mazel tov!
The view from my balcony. Snow!
This past weekend was the Xi’an International City Wall Marathon, in which myself and a few other teachers participated in. I’ll get around to doing a full write-up once I can find whoever has pictures from the darn thing. Thankfully the weather was not too cold but the pollution in the air was exceptionally bad. It was like running through soup. We only did the 5k run, but by the end my throat and lungs were on fire and, due to my asthma, it felt like I was breathing through a straw. I almost vomited.
Anyway, after the nice weekend we were hit with a cold snap which has continued until today. It seems like all week the temperature has been hovering just above freezing. Finally, yesterday the temperature dropped below freezing and we had our first snow. There wasn’t much to look at but overnight it got really cold and continued to snow. Waking up this morning I was greeted with a winter wonderland outside my window. I am very thankful someone decided to turn the heat on a few days early this year (normally the heat doesn’t come on until November 15).
By about 10 AM the sun was well up and the snow started melting. It’s about 3 PM and 37 Farenheit right now, therefore the snow is disappearing fast.
I’m off to Beijing for the weekend where the weather report says it will be below freezing the entire time. Hooray (insert fake enthusiasm here). Anyway, I need to visit Beijing before it gets colder and I may not be in the country any more when it gets warm again. My friends and students think now is a bad time to go, but really if I wait any longer it will just keep getting colder! Besides, I think seeing the Great Wall covered in snow will be a pretty cool experience.
Sorry about the lack of posts. I do have some things milling about but I’ve been fighting a cold all week. I’m just about over it and here’s hoping it doesn’t make a comeback while I’m off traveling.
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