3 posts tagged “snowfall”

Is it worth to wait an entire night, awake, to see a snowfall?
I bet you think it is insane. I bet in fact every one thinks it is insane. Well...not me...!
No one can understand...I know...but this is something that really gives me emotions...big emotions...
You can give snow a few hours of your sleep, cos what you get back is priceless...
The days before...the beauty of the wait...checking weather charts, checking every possible update, looking for confirmation from different models... until the hours before the events come, when it is time to look at satellite images and rainfall radar...and eventually out of the window...in silence...concentrated...ready to spot the fist flakes falling from the sky...and then another one and one more...and a smile appears...and you feel happy...I just love all of that...
It started to snow at around 5.20...and stopped at 7.15...Minutes before 6 the snowfall was impressive...really really heavy...Roofs and cars turned white in few minutes...not the streets and pavements unfortunately.As soon as it started I took my camera...and in few seconds I was walking around Clifton...smelling the snow in the air...feeling flakes brushing my face...

My little Twingo made it...! Today just off Monmouth, South Wales, she (yes because it is a she) reached the 160000 km...amazing...!
In 11 years she brought me everywhere really...! A lot around Italy...a lot in the UK...and hopefully there is more in the future...!
I remember many great drives with her...Of course the main is the one that took me here...from Grassina to Bristol...all in a go, with no stops...23 hours and 15 minutes...to go for 1785 km across Italy, France a England...Few years before I drove to Zianl, on the Switzerland Alps; an 8 hours drive with 4 people on board and luggages for 4...The Twingo is never too small and always comfy...she is surprising every time...! Another good one was when me and my friend Antonio went up to the Abetone, 1388 m over sea level, at 2 am, in icy and snowy condition with no snow chains...crazy! And how to forget when we went to Venice to watch Fiorentina, and she almost lost the number plate, or when I took Dao for the first time to Trento and the next day we went for an amazing tour on the Dolomites, just after a massive snowfall...Stunning!
I could tell lots of stories, lots of drive...lots of little nice anecdotes from 1997 to today...most of them are in my mind anyway...and there they stay...and I will not forget...!
I love my car...I say thanks every time after a demanding trip...and she appreciates it...I think she likes me as well...and even if she doesn't say it loud I am sure sometime she thinks Cheers Drive :)

In the last few days bad weather conditions hit Italy, and that was the chances for Italian Alps to finally get some snow, that was still missing in this winter. Over 60 cm, from west to east. It was few years that Italian mountains didn't have such a big snowfall. I have collected some shots from the web, to show all of you this natural spectacle. I don't know whether you like snow or not...but when I see something like that, I can't do other than be in silence and stare at it. I wish I was there...I wish I was there...!!!

And to finish a stunning view on the "Monte Rosa" this morning.

Monte Rosa

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