From Snow to Sun

So the past two weeks have been absolutely incredible. Words cannot even describe how much of an amazing time I've had and I'm going to do the brilliantly British thing and start by pointing out the weather. At the end of February and the beginning of March, the week before I went away to New York, Storrs was once again clouded in snow and transformed into a picturesque, Narnia like scene.

I was greeted everywhere with scenes of...

Photos courtesy of the brilliant Will So, a fellow exchange student from Australia -
http://www.facebook.com/WilliamSoPhotography 

and...

Will So Photography -
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Will has obviously done a fabulous job of capturing the beauty of the snow but as you may of guessed I was horrified and trudged grumpily between classes, once again having to don my massive down snow coat and my Timberland boots. It was gorgeous but it wasn't giving me much hope for any signs of Spring. We've had it pretty easy this winter though if I'm honest. Connecticut usually averages around 50inches of snow during the winter season (according to http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2688&q=322366) and this winter we can't have had more than 15 inches with the main snowfall being during the freak snowstorm over Halloween last October. 

Having now returned back to Storrs, two weeks later, the sun is shining, I'm in a strappy top and my sunglasses are permanently balanced on my head. It is glorious. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and I'm hoping that this is the start of summer...