Snow in Bari is rare. If it does snow it will usually stay for about ten minutes then melts away. January was very different for the Barese people as the snow actually stayed and continued to snow for a few days. They have not had snow like this for over 35 years. The members say that the senior coppia brought the snow from Canada. I don't see how that would be possible so I disagree. They have said that when we go they want a couple that is from Hawaii. It was entertaining to watch the people deal with the snow. Everything seemed to be closed. Schools, businesses, --even some roads. They just don't have the equipment to take care of it when it stays on the ground for any length of time. A lot of people stayed home from church or just park their car and walk everywhere as they are afraid to drive on the roads.
Made me a little homesick for home... In Bari you have to have winter tires put on by Oct 1 or have chains on your tires if it snows or you are given a big fine. Most people don't do this because the snow rarely stays. They will just park their car. We had to take a picture of this bus on dry roads with chains on their tires.....
We explained to our English class that this was called a blizzard. They had never seen one before.
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