Sorry to keep focusing on the weather, but we couldn't avoid sharing this story. Dave had Monday, May 28th off of work so we went away Sunday night. We drove 2 hours south to a National Park just across the border in Italy (Grand Paradiso National Park, outside of Val d'Aosta, Italy...which is what Valdosta, GA is named after). Anyway, it was rainy, cool, and not the greatest conditions, so we didn't get out too much. We had dinner, went to bed, and woke up the next morning, expecting more rain and bad weather. Dave gets up first and yells "Lu, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE IT!" From that, I was expecting sun and clear skies, since it is basically Summer. But I run over and look out to about 4 inches of snow... and a hard snow continuing to fall. Of course we pull Kacey out of bed so she can see it...it's her first real snow. (Just two days earlier we had crossed a small patch on a hike and Dave let her throw some of it at me, of course.) But this was a really nice, fluffly snow. So, we put on the few clothes that we had with us and went out in it. Kacey's wearing her pink croc shoes that are filled with holes...but she obviously didn't care.
We were a little worried about getting home because we had to go over the Grand St- Bernard Pass, which is the border of Italy and Switzerland. But, the hotel staff told us it wouldn't be a problem. In Atlanta, this snow would have been a big problem...but no one seemed too worried about it there. And, it was an easy drive back to Fribourg.
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