And I'm not referring to the music by El Ten Eleven. Wednesday was a day in Madrid that I was thinking if I were a lady of leisure I'd be sitting on a bench in a park sunning myself! The day was gorgeous - the kind of weather really that we often have at the end of February. I'm not exactly sure how warm it was because I was just thinking how good the sun felt when I was going to class. I did make a point to look at the temperature gauge at a bus stop on the way back and saw 19º C, which is about 66º F! You know it was warm if I wasn't wearing a hat! And to top it all off, we've still got sun - enough to make my plants and me happy.Rewind to more or less the same date last year and you'd see snow in Madrid (photo) so much so that although the schools weren't closed, they weren't having classes. The streets were more or less cleared by the time I had to go out thus no excuse for me not to go to class. That day I don't think I saw the temperature but believe it was somewhere in the 20's or at least - 3º C. Remember too that it also snowed in Barcelona last year. Most of those people probably won't remember ever seeing snow on the beach.
As for my first week back, by Wednesday I'd forgotten all about my holidays. If anyone is suffering from post-holiday blues, here are a couple of good tips from 'The Onion': Compared to your every day blahs, the post-holiday blahs may not be that bad. OR: Induce coma and get woken up on Mar. 20. One thing seems to be sure about the first month of the new year: January seems to be going by quickly, so maybe Easter is just around the corner. Hope everybody has a good week and some sun in your life.
The picture is lovely...........but I bet the reality of living with it is was not so good. Somehow the novelty of all this pretty snowy landscape soon wears off when you live with it day in and day out. Enjoy the sunshine when you can :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that I have ever thought of the possibility of snow in Madrid. I guess I just heard 'Sunny Spain' so often, I imagined it that way all of the time. I'm always happy to hear that someone got enough sun and warmth to keep them happy. I lived in France for five years, two in La Rochelle and three in Paris. We didn't have snow in La Rochelle and only twice in Paris, maybe a dusting to an inch of snow both times. Sun was not abundant in winter, but who cared as long as it wasn't bitter cold or snowing. I am not a snow aficionado, so I sort of mentally shut out the weather in the winter, as best I can.
ReplyDeleteNice picture. I love the wisdom of "The Onion". :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a nice sunny day, and hope you got to enjoy some of it! Our weather has been beautiful too - and we are to have low 70s all week. Wishing you continued sunshine, too!
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to believe that the year before you had that much snow, beautiful photo. Hope the sun continues to shine on you.
ReplyDeleteIt was quite warm here too over the weekend, but temps have dropped today!
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