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A thick white blanket enveloped my beloved city this weekend. In six years, I have never experienced a single transformation of this town like I did these past three days.
Beginning on Friday around dusk (4:30pm here in Paris at the height of winter), large snowflakes began to fall from a velvet sky. At first, I thought we’d be graced with a light dusting, like in so many winters past, a thin sheet of white that would disappear by the time I awoke the next morning.
By midnight on Friday, however, Paris was under siege. A heavy layer of purity covered everything. The city was still, silent; Parisians snuggle in their beds unaware of the metamorphosis. Throughout the weekend, some of the most beautiful snow fall I’ve seen descended with varying haste from a sky open to deliverance.
Paris is not equipped to deal with so much snow. The sidewalks on Sunday were white and solid, the roads practically bare as snow tires are an unnecessary precaution in this city… most of the time.
And so it was quiet in Paris this weekend. A blanket fell upon us all, deafening the hustle and bustle of our everyday lives.
Take a peek…
Becoming Madame 
I’ll nobody was out shoveling the sidewalks for quite a while!?
Nice pictures and thanks for sharing.
It is SO beautiful! Thank you for sharing. We haven’t had snow in 2 years ;( What a lovely surprise to see when you first look out your window in the morning!
a beautiful winterized city. Love the snow. It adds a new layer of magic to the great city.
I didn’t realize Paris got so little snow. So pretty!
Snow. So magical, so silent, so beautiful. And such an infuriating nuisance 😉
How long did it take for life to resume? We had a White Christmas in Oklahoma — a rare occurrence, with little or no snow removal equipment to contend with it either — but it was pretty to see. (Not quite as pretty as Paris, but lovely nonetheless!)
Wasn’t it gorgeous! Love your photos. We feel lucky to have been here these past few days.
Cheers.
How pretty. I love softly falling snow.
Such a beautifully written post. Your words and the pacing of them were evocative of a gentle snowfall.
here two inches is a storm, I know and if you in the provences even more, to me its nothing. In my work parking lot there were two car accidents of folks hitting the fences lol!!! and Yes in 2009 there was a huge snow storm Versailles was blocked from automobile circulation! I lived there.
I see that it was a wet snow–soon gone, I imagine! That’s a good thing!
Stunning pics! Paris is even more breathtakingly beautiful covered in snow.
I am in love with snowy days! I love the silence and beauty that comes with snow, the way everything just looks so clean and wonderful. It’s only worth putting up with cold temperatures if it snows!!