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Snow Days in Germany

When we woke up this morning and opened our windows, this is what we saw. No wonder this move was so difficult and I had so many pieces of luggage! Thanks for the warning that those of you who have been to Germany told us. "It never snowed at all while I was in Germany." "It snowed a couple of times, but it never stuck." "It snowed one day on July 3rd, but that's not normal." "It only snows in North Germany, up in the mountains." "Ramstein hasn't seen snow in 3 years." HA HA HA Joke's on me, right? Fortunately, a friend of a friend let us know that it was snowing the week before we got here. That's why I had 7,856 pieces of luggage. I had to prepare for Texas winters, which are notoriously cold in the morning and around 75 in the afternoon...Florida winter, where it is a rainy 42 one day and is 82 the next...and Germany, which we had NO CLUE was going to be like this in April. Questions home schooled children ask (I...