Here I am again to blog about more snow! Never in my life has it been such a topic and cause for concern. Trinity College shut down Wednesday, Thursday, AND Friday. The snow is starting to melt, but many people just aren't prepared to handle it. An Irish news anchor called it "Siberian-like weather." It isn't. But it IS pretty neat to be a part of this history-making snowfall, and it was kind of fun to have a few snow days (ah, the dreams of a 10 year old....)
I just wanted to share a few more photos of the snow with you:
This is the view directly outside of my dorm window
And again after another snowfall at night. This photo is untouched.
This is in the Smithfield neighborhood by the old Jameson distillery.
That's the non-working tram called the Luas (like Louis).
Same basic photo, but untouched.
On a slightly more serious note, some people use the snow as a weapon. A lot of neighborhood kids are pelting people with snowballs in hooligan gangs. Old men and women are being ambushed by groups of kids. Last night, a group of male college friends were pelted by a good 20 snowballs, and last week another male college mate was hit with maybe 40 of them. A couple days ago there were kids outside of Trinity Hall throwing snowballs at student's windows for about an hour. Luckily they didn't reach me. I'm on the 4th floor (even though it's called the 3rd floor here. The ground floor counts as zero). It's really remarkable when people react to something they've never really had before. It would be a good sociology study.
But everyone is pretty much safe, which is good. I'm battling the tail end of a cold, which I'm grateful for, and I'm getting increasingly excited for Christmas here. I miss my sister something fierce-like, but I am ever so thankful for the world of technology and the invention of Skype.
Much love to you all. I hope you're all happy and healthy going into the holidays.
