We had an early snow last night in Bishkek. We had been enjoying warm days and cool nights for the last few weeks. But about 5 p.m. a slow and steady rain turned into a flurry of snowflakes that dusted the parked cars and sidewalks. I was teaching English classes in a fifth floor classroom where the teacher's position looks out the windows and watched the flakes fall while trying to teach. But I used the weather to teach about the differences in the vocabulary used in the USA and in British English to speak about the weather.
By the time I left the building after 8 p.m., the snow had stopped and it had disappeared from the streets. The temperature dropped below freezing last night. It is an early taste of Winter for us. A little teaser.
By the time I left the building after 8 p.m., the snow had stopped and it had disappeared from the streets. The temperature dropped below freezing last night. It is an early taste of Winter for us. A little teaser.
So, this morning I donned the curly-toed Silk Road wool slippers for the first time this year. The sun is shining but it is still chilly outside. The current temperature is about 41 degrees F, that's 5 degrees Celsius. I made need to use the slippers for a few more days as a warming trend is forecast for the coming week.
My friend Aftandil Zhorobekov captured the snow moment in this photo that he posted on Facebook:
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