It's 7:00 am of the 27th February 2018, As usual i woke up and i'm preparing to go to work. I go out and i take the scooter. I didn't know that day would be been a storic day in the best city of the World. And, especially that you, yes, i'm talking with you are reading, would have done a thing. See the pictures which made the story of that day and you can find them at the half of this article. Snow in Naples.
It's snowing
I was on a scooter, the day was certainly not the best, very cloudy and it was cold. Very cold, of those that enter your bones. At some point I start to see something unidentified on the visor. It was snow ! Now understand for a moment that, being from Naples, the snow is not exactly a phenomenon to which I am used.
So let's say that at the beginning I stayed like this for a moment. I was a mix of emotions : astonished, happy, scared (for fear of falling off the scooter). Of course, I also felt lucky and you know why? Because I had brought my faithful friend. Sometimes wife and also lover: my camera . In my mind, thoughts of marinating the bar and going around Naples were already taking shape.
Snow in Naples
When I got to work, I understood that I would probably spend the day there. To look from the glass what was one of the biggest snowfalls in history . It was snowing so much that you couldn't even see it 2 meters away.
So do you know what I did? I put some Christmas jazz music (always in fashion) and I made myself a super mega herbal tea . I sat down and enjoyed the show , just like at the cinema . And if it had been a movie, the title would have been: The perfect number , and I'll explain why soon!
Street Photography
This was the moment when I realized something. That an occasion like this would never have happened to me in quite some time (maybe never). Do you know children? Like the happy ones, who just bought the kinder egg? It was me, at that time.
So I organized myself in street photography mood : tripod, camera and dual battery. I left the room and the thing I immediately noticed was that practically the sun had already come out. And what's more, the snow was already starting to melt, so I immediately took the scooter and I went to mergellina.
And it is here that I took the first photo of the day by name: the perfect number! Sun, sea and snow all in one photo. It was literally incredible, the city of sun and sea with snowy Vesuvius background, a fairy tale.
Posillipo
Soon after I moved to Orazio Street , the road that connects Mergellina to Posillipo. And it is here, however, that I took the most beautiful photo ever that I will hang (I didn't understand why I didn't do it again) at my house. Ah right, I don't have my own home, sorry.
After, I reached the terrace of the "13 descents" but unfortunately as the snow, as it had fallen, had already melted . Well, maybe next time I'll learn not to waste half an hour in every place. But understand me, the event also deserved a few more minutes.
Going back to children
This is what I was able to notice when I left the bar. Children , oh well, happy as an Easter, with schools closed and all over the streets to throw snowballs. There were so many snowmen going out in a party.
Even we adults, for about half an hour, we had the pleasure of go back to being kids. As if for half an hour we had forgotten about age we were. In the face of what had happened it was impossible not to tear a smile . An exclamation of amazement, why not, maybe throw the snowballs!
Because certain events arouse the same feeling for everyone.
They amaze and surprise everyone, young and old . They make us forget, even if for half an hour our, usual routine . A routine that day was enhanced for those who were there and generated a memory. It doesn't matter if you were alone, with your family or friends (or like me with my wife: my canon). One thing is for sure, if you were there you witnessed a unique and rare event that you will carry forever inside you.
Snow in Naples: Curiosity
At the beginning of the article I had already told you that this event was unique and rare . In fact, for an event of the kind of snow in Naples we must go back to 1956 or 1985 . According to older people, the 1956 one comes closest to this in terms of volumes. So if you were there, all the more reason to say: What an ass, my friends !!!
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