German language class today got disrupted when the first* fluffy white flakes of snow of the season fell on Hamburg. The girls from Hong Kong and Singapore had never seen snow before and kept running to the window to marvel at it.
But it was ok, and provided the occasion for me to learn how to explain to them such things as, "The ground is too warm for it to stick."
* Apparently it already snowed in Boston a month ago. So it seems I got the better deal, escaping the clutches of New England and running off to Hamburg, where they say it's been one of the most pleasant autumns in recent memory.