Last Saturday the weather finally caught up wıth the season and winter descended upon Istanbul in full force. I had been out with some friends to watch an Iranian indie band, Yellow Dogs, play the night before without any sign of the change to come. On Saturday, however, I awoke to find the house very very cold. The heating had shut off for some unknown reason and snow had fallen coincidently. I was quick to discover that even a couple of inches of snow could bring a metropolis like Istanbul to a standstill. For those who have never been to Turkey's second city, the whole place is built on hills. Consequently, any rainfall can result in floods and rain that has turned to ice can cause mayhem on the roads! It would take a couple of days before heat was restored to my house and to my fingers and toes!
The weather did allow me to have Tuesday off from work, but I still had to turn up on Monday to give my students their final exam before they moved up a level and moved on to another teacher. The snow had also given both teacher and students the opportuninity to launch snowballs at each other in revenge for months of grammar and homework set and, in my case, months of homework not done!
The snow and ice has gone now, as well as the freezing temperatures. Hopefully, winter has been and gone and spring will arrive soon.
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