Friday, February 12, 2010

neve a roma!

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The last time snow had completely covered the city of Rome was February 11, 1986. At 8:00 in the morning the city woke up buried under several centimeters of snow. 
This year the flurry lasted about an hour and stuck on trees and window sills for a couple more, but the sun soon melted everything away. Only the sweet memory of the awe on my son's face lingers.



19 comments:

  1. It's pretty when the snow first falls and fun to wipe the snow of the car windshield the first time!
    Bon weekend

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  2. It snowed here this morning but sadly did not settle, so no photos!

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  3. That ' my kind of winter. Af ew hours of the white stuff.

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  4. Everywhere, strange occurrences, for our children and grandchildren to note and compare.

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  5. Come una piacevole atmosfera tipica del nord Europa. Dal caldo di Bosforo, un saluto alla mia amica della Roma:)

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  6. I wish we had a little here, but no. Have to drive for 2 hours. This said, it is Barcelona. The rest of Spain is white, it even snowed in Gibraltar last night, I heard.
    Anyway, enjoy it!

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  7. Wow! It must have been so bautiful! Well, I know that, surely, snow causes many many problems in a city like Rome (in Verona too!) but, oh, I am sure it was bellissimo!

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  8. Now, that's what we call snow... cool shot Eleonor.

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  9. The whole world is seeing more snow this year than anyone can remember. Here in the U.S., many of us have had enough snow! In Vancouver, the Olympics don't have enough snow. But it's fun to hear how others love seeing it. You can have some of ours if you want it!

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  10. Povera Cinquecento!
    Who knows how many snowstorms she has weathered in her long life?

    I remember one morning in Rome when I woke up and the city looked as if a giant had dusted it with powdered sugar, at the end of the Seventies. I lived in Via Gaetano Donizetti then, and a friend and I took our rubber boots and walked down through Villa Borghese all the way to the Vatican. By the time we arrived there, the white dusting (it was more ice crystals than snow) had turned into slush and was melting quickly. It must have been a Sunday, I remember the city all quiet and there was no school (otherwise I could not have walked around in the morning). I did not take pictures then. Way too young to think about recording such events. ;-)

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  11. Povera Cinquecento, chissà se si riprenderà! Mi piace molto la foto, rende benissimo l'idea!

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  12. Thank you all for your lovely comments! It's so exciting for us Romans to have snow. Even if for only a few hours, the city was paralyzed, and snowball fights ensued among young and older alike. Then at 3pm the sun was shining again!

    Ciao

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  13. Great photo -- and I really enjoy your blog -- wish I could travel to Rome some day... This is the next best thing, for sure...

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  14. Snow makes the mundane appear magical, no?

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