Snow day!!

We had a snow day today and we have one tomorrow also! Last night as it was snowing, my Italian roommate Francesca said "Wow, that's a lot of snow!" I went to look out and to me it wasn't that much. But here, it's a lot. Siena never gets snow, so what they got last night and today is pretty impressive. The city isn't prepared for snow, which is why they make a big deal over getting an inch or two of it. I went out to the piazza del campo to check things out. Lots of people were outside playing in the snow and  having lots of fun. The entire city and other surrounding areas had closed all the schools. Someone built a big snowman (instead of 3 balls of snow, it had 4). It was fun to watch all the people having a blast in the snow. People were sliding down some walkways into the piazza on plastic bags. We were all a bit confused by that seeing as how everything is cobblestone here and there really wasn't that much snow on the roads and walkways. It didn't look comfortable, but they were having the time of their lives. One guy was also trying to ride his vespa down the street. It wasn't working out well for him at all. He was just sliding down the hill and wasn't really getting any traction. It was funny to see how Italians react to snow. Tomorrow we will find out if class is cancelled for Friday also. Frankly, I'm hoping it doesn't just because it is our intensive Italian class and we will have already missed two days (6 hours) of class. On the other hand, I'm going to Florence this weekend, so having an extra day there might be nice :) The weird thing is that back home and at school it's pretty warm, while here it's freezing. It should be the opposite, although I've heard that February is the coldest month here. Yay... I'm going to get some rain boots tomorrow so that I can walk through the snow and not get my feet completely soaked. If anyone knows any good places to check out in Florence, let me know! Arrivederci!