Two weeks ago I was woken on a Friday morning by a friend texting me and my roommate banging on my door. I jump out of bed worried about why people were trying to get a hold of me so urgently on a weekend morning. Polina yelled, "Andrea, come look outside!!" There was snow falling and the city was covered with a dusting of white everywhere. It was beautiful.
We put on our make shift snow gear and headed out to explore the city. It was unreal to see everything white. People were playing in the parks, shops and restaurants were closed, everyone was enjoying the snow that comes to Jerusalem about every 10 years. But before we knew it we were entering the Old City and the snow stopped, the clouds cleared, the snow melted and the sun was shining. We arrived at the Western Wall and there were 6 of us in snow gear. The wall was nearly empty and the few people who were there were not dressed in snow gear. After all that cold weather 2 hours later we looked so out of place and were starting to over heat. We headed to go grab some food and the storm came in and out a bit more but by the evening there was no sign of a snow storm anywhere. Only in Jerusalem.
Aza Street, my neighborhood
A snow ball someone rolled all the way through Independence Park.
Snow at the Mamilla
A snow man someone made on Ben Yehudah Street
Me and my friend Leah dressed for a snow storm at the sunny Western Wall
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