It's Snowing!

As an English person, this is just too exciting not to write about. It's snowing, and I mean proper snowing. This would definitely be a snow day in England. The fact that most Germans probably haven't let it affect their day, and the Russian international students probably wouldn't even classify it as proper snow, is not important at the moment, let me be excited about how it looks like a blizzard!

I've just got back from outside, I went to rescue my bike and put it in the cellar, but I got distracted and now there is a little snowman sitting on the compost bin. It wouldn't have felt like real snow if I hadn't been out to stomp around in it.

And I had to test out the German coat. Yes, I am now the (proud?) owner of one German winter coat. I have to say, I am beginning to be convinced... It was toasty warm in the snow, and I was dry when I got back inside, and on my way to school in the mornings I almost don't notice the cold.

I worked up the courage to go coat shopping on Monday, it was tipping it down all day and it was freezing, so I went into town and tried on a large variety of winter coats. Most of them were your standard German raincoat, with varying degrees of ugliness and making-me-look-like-a-square effects. I didn't go for any of those. There were a couple that were almost nice, quite long, and a bit fitted, but the saddest thing is that I didn't actually go for one of those as they just weren't practical enough! (The one I have bought has a removable inner layer, so it's effectively a fleece, a raincoat and a thick jacket- three coats in one.) I'm hoping that this coat will last me years, even if only just to save me from having to go sensible coat shopping again.

So, I've got the bike, the coat, the ability to choose things based purely on practicality and efficiency... what else do I need, and where do I apply for German citizenship?!