On Tuesday, we had the 1st snowfall of winter here in Taiyuan! Typically, Taiyuan only gets snow flurries two or three times per winter and it only lasts about 10 minutes; this year, we had around three inches, which is the most snow they've had in 50 years! It was basically the most exciting thing ever! Taiyuan is nicknamed "The Dirty T" because of how incredibly polluted everything here is; the entire city is covered in a thick layer of dirt and the whole skyline is hidden by a thick wall of gray haze. The snow completely covered all of the filth and cleaned the air for a few days, so it was absolutely beautiful! It was such a blessing to see the city transformed from the depressing landscape we've come to call home into an amazing winter wonderland!
Although we still had school, our students were given an extra recess so that they could play in the snow! I snuck out of the office to join them and we had such a great time together! There aren't many opportunities to interact with my kids outside of the classroom, so it was awesome to get to spend some extra time with them! Apparently, it's totally fine for students to throw snowballs at their teachers here, and once I figured out that I wouldn't get into trouble for throwing them back... we had a full on snowball fight!
Playing in the snow with my students definitely earned me some bonus points with them and with their class masters, who thought it was the funniest thing ever that the foreigner was frolicking in the snow with the kids instead of sitting in the dry and semi-warm office! It really was the perfect start of winter here in Taiyuan!
On Tuesday, we had the 1st snowfall of winter here in Taiyuan! Typically, Taiyuan only gets snow flurries two or three times per winter and it only lasts about 10 minutes; this year, we had around three inches, which is the most snow they've had in 50 years! It was basically the most exciting thing ever! Taiyuan is nicknamed "The Dirty T" because of how incredibly polluted everything here is; the entire city is covered in a thick layer of dirt and the whole skyline is hidden by a thick wall of gray haze. The snow completely covered all of the filth and cleaned the air for a few days, so it was absolutely beautiful! It was such a blessing to see the city transformed from the depressing landscape we've come to call home into an amazing winter wonderland! 
Although we still had school, our students were given an extra recess so that they could play in the snow! I snuck out of the office to join them and we had such a great time together! There aren't many opportunities to interact with my kids outside of the classroom, so it was awesome to get to spend some extra time with them! Apparently, it's totally fine for students to throw snowballs at their teachers here, and once I figured out that I wouldn't get into trouble for throwing them back... we had a full on snowball fight! 
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