Snow!!

I was asked in November if it ever snows in Azerbaijan. At that point it was a beautiful fall, temperatures frequently in the 70s, sunny and mild. And due to my lack of research, I honestly had no clue about snow in Azerbaijan. Then I was assigned to Xachmaz, which is about 10 kilometers from the largest lake on earth, and was consistently told how much I would enjoy the mild weather.

Upon arriving to site, people insisted that it did snow here, but through winter, into February, the closest thing I saw to snow was what we saw in the nearby mountains. Occasionally a cloud would squeeze out a snowflake or two, as if it was trying to make itself cry-unconvincing and not much to show for it. Then this last week hit, and a snow cloud straight out of the claymation Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer decided to set up shop in Xachmaz.

In two days we got about a foot of snow. And it was the perfect type of snowfall with big and fluffy flakes, where the temperatures while snowing being warmer than when its not. Xachmaz was now a city in a white cloud which was actively bringing the stores, tress, and earth under its alabaster blanket. The snow was wet too, perfect for snowballs. In Azerbaijan you don't have a snowball fight, you play snowballs, and every child would race outside between classes to play snowballs as much as possible.

Lannea and I had a conversation club one of the days and we ended early to have a snowball fight which you can see in the above video. Its a bit shaky, I was trying to avoid getting clobbered while filming.