Snow and Sound

This past week saw the first snow of the season!!!!!! I was so excited, as I cannot remember a time when I have seen snow in November. The locals were unshaken, they simply put on their snow boots and continued with life. It is a funny contrast to Fayetteville, where life seems to stop when a little snow falls. Thursday and Friday I walked to school, and managed to stay on my feet despite slippery sidewalks. By the time I got out of school both days, most of it had melted or turned to slush.
Saturday it snowed on and off all day. I went to Pec with my family for lunch, on an uncleared road, but the weather didn't hurt too much. We all simply bundled up in more layers. Lunch lasted from 12:15 until about 4:30, when we drove back to Trutnov in freezing rain.
That night, Katka and I went to a concert here in town, at the old textile factory. Two Czech punk rock bands were playing, Vypsana Fixa and Wohnout. It was great to get right up in front of the band and go crazy with my new classmates. Everyone was surprised to see me there. Music really is the international language, it didn't matter that the band was signing in another language. I still had a great time, and was dead-tired by the time my host mom picked us up at midnight.