„Oh my God, oh my God, it’s gonna snow, it’s gonna snow,” Rome’s Mayor went in tilt even before the city did. He told all the school kids to stay home on Friday (and Saturday) and all the teachers to come to school, in case working parents wanted to go to work and didn’t know where to leave their offspring. The decree was clear. Nevertheless some principals kept their schools closed on Friday and left their teachers literally standing in the rain (!!!) looking in disbelief at the sign: Closed because of snow. A vice-principal of Naples origin was heard shouting (in her native dialect) at an unaware mother who tried to leave her daughter and friends at school, to “git de hll lost”. Saint Peter had pity on Rome’s first citizen (in retrospect) and sent snow in the afternoon. It didn’t stay and was almost gone by the time I started sloshing through the city to take pictures. Police cars (with snow chains on) were everywhere waiting for accidents to happen. Most people stayed home (except for those hopeless nutcases who wanted to take pictures). By morning the snow had reached my garden trying to crush my already blossoming mimosa tree or else lying picturesquely on the old plastic sheet with which I had wisely and foresightfully covered my lemon tree.
Enjoy the picture show.
Cheers and a happy wintertime (or summer in case you are in the other hemisphere)
Gerburg
The slideshow refused to publish my comments, so here they are in the same order.
- enchanting view of the Colosseum under and surrounded by melting snow
- the Roman Forum under …. snow
- Marcus Aurelius greeting the snow
- The staircase leading to the Capitol under snow
- The snowman …. Guess where! And win a trip there…
- The Altar of the Motherland under melting snow
- Does this mean “celebrity” or “hunger”?
- Giordano Bruno in ice and snow (just to add to his tribulations); note the insensivity with which the surrounding restaurants heat up with flickering flames
- A café waiting under the snow
- My mimosa tree crushed by the snow
- A dwarf palm tree from Sicily covered by snow
- The swing waiting for spring (the snow is melting)
Gerburg
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