Snow in Basel

Before moving to Basel, I was looking forward to having snow around Christmas and throughout winter. I mean, it's Switzerland... the land of chocolate, cheese, and I thought, snow! Once we moved there, we were told that it rarely snows in Basel because of its location... so needless to say, we were a little disappointed. Much to our surprise, it snowed for three days straight in the beginning of December. It was a light snow, but it was absolutely beautiful. Nate says that there was a "blizzard" right before he left to come to Raleigh for Christmas (I had already flown home), but unfortunately, I don't have any video or pictures for proof! The funny thing is, the snow doesn't really stick. It sticks a little to the roof tops and trees, but melts once it hits the road. It accumulates on the grass, but there's not much of that in the city! Everyone says if you go just 10 minutes outside the city everything is covored with snow. Fortunately, I got to see that on my train ride to the Zurich Airport... and they were right... fields, hills, and forests just covered in fresh snow. It really got me in the Christmas spirit!

Here are a few pictures from the first time it snowed in Basel. I was so excited, I took pictures out of every window in our apartment (which isn't much!), but here they are...

The view from our cozy bedroom... the rooftops are red-orange

The view from the balcony... to the left and the right The view looking down the street from the living room

Looking out the living room windows

Here is a picture of one of the central areas for trams... there is some light snow on the rooftops. Can you find the McDonald's?