Sledding

On Saturday we went sledding. The Schwarz's had planned it into our schedule, weather permitting, and there ended up being enough snow. Saturday was my first time sledding. It was so much fun. We went up the mountain (don't ask which one, because I have no idea) on the bus, and it was so beautiful. That was the most snow I have ever seen in one place.

See!? Beautiful. Need I say more?

I never actually made it all the way down the hill, but I did make it halfway down a few times. On my first run, I sat on the front of the sled and Nattie sat on the back, and someone pushed us to get us going. It was going great until I started to slide off of the front of the sled and we tumbled to a stop. I mostly watched everybody else sled, and looked around me, amazed at all of the snow. I'm still pretty amazed. I can't imagine living in a place where you can just take a 15 minute bus ride to snow whenever you want. I'm pretty sure Phillip was laughing at me (to himself, of course) on our way to our stop because I was so amazed. Whatever. I don't even care :)

I did go down the hill a couple more times. I went once more with Nattie, but that failed, because we leaned too hard to one side and then rolled off into the snow. A little while later Megan and I decided to give it a shot, and Andrew shoved us off. Literally. He shoved us a little too long, sending us down pretty quickly, with me screaming my silly head off, and then we tumbled off. We tried again, but this time told Andrew not to push so hard. We still couldn't get it quite right. I think we leaned different directions or something. I don't remember exactly, I just remember it didn't go well.

  

Tree grove on the side of the hill we were going down. I would love to go back in spring to see what it looks like.

Like I said, beautiful. I'm pretty sure this is where the inspiration for Narnia came from.

After we were finished sledding, we took a walk down a wooded path. Amazing.
(Left to right: Phillip, Andrew, me, Nattie, Megan, and Kristen).

I am quite satisfied with the way Saturday turned out. We actually ended up doing several more things, and stayed out in a café until 2:15 AM. I was tired yesterday from it, but it's alright, because we had a great time. This week is the end of Fasching, and there are a lot of things going on, all culminating in a parade and many festivities tomorrow. I'm excited to see how that goes.

Grace and Peace!
Suzannah

First Snow!

This morning after I got back from conducting class, which started at 8:30 AM (not fun), I made myself some tea and then settled down to do a chapter of reading for history class, which I had forgotten about. Before long, it started raining, and then there was thunder. A lot of thunder. Then the sound of the rain on the window changed to a harder sound, so I thought maybe it was hailing. I went upstairs to the balcony to go outside, and from there decided it must be wet snow. I don't have much experience with snow, so I wasn't sure. In just a few minutes time, it turned more into snow and started piling up on the window, so I decided it was time to take a "break" from homework and go outside in the snow. It was beautiful. And silent.

View of Marktplatz from our front door.

View up our street from Marktplatz

Marktplatz

View from the upstairs balcony.

I'm glad I went upstairs when I did. Before long, it stopped snowing, and the snow started to melt. It's not cold enough for it to be very permanent. An hour later when I was heading to class, the snow in the streets had mostly melted, and was running down the drains. Now it is pretty much all gone. Whatever is left tonight will probably freeze.

Before German class, I snapped this final photo of what was left of the snow. It's a bit blurry, but I was a hurried.

Grace and Peace,

Suzannah