der Schnee or la nieve

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The snow here lasts just long enough to make a snowman or get hit by a few snowballs before it all melts away the next day in the rain. I was hit with a snowball while standing in the kitchen and drinking hot chocolate during the break of my German course. Überraschung! (Not a very nice surprise.)

Funny thing about learning German, is that it seems I only have the ability to use one foreign language at a time. A few of my friends in my German course speak Spanish, and so naturally they all speak it with me during the break. Yet whenever I open my mouth to respond, some horrible mix of mostly German and a little Spanish spews out. "¿El fin de semana? Mein Mann und ich möchten einen Film sehen. Se llama Babel." Disgusting.

I really love when one of my German students asks me, "What's the word for the small parts on the Dach (roof)," and the word shingle has temporarily flown from my brain to the unknown land where all of the Spanish words must be residing.

The ducks are obviously year-round residents of the Leine. Ben helped me take a few pretty snow pictures while it lasted.