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Melting Snows
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Spring brings life
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From the succulent lush new shoots of grass,
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emerging blooms and shoots on trees
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but for an Australian in Europe in the Spring joy is to be had in being able to visit tourist hot spots such as the Pont d’Avignon which attracts over 300,000 people per year and find you are almost the only person there
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As in other towns whose incomes rely on tourism
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And the Ardeche where it is too cold in the water to attract any but the most hardy.
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Camping grounds, if open, you may find you are the only campers there and the pool a place that for this vernal time affords the luxury of privacy.
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Spring in Greenland with the thawing of the snow means the dogs can no longer work
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And an unexpected spring effect was finding that many burials take place as they have been held over til the ground is soft enough to dig.
For these reasons early to late Spring is in my opinion the best time to visit Europe
In response to Paula’s vernal prompt
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
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Your entries keep inspiring. Thank you very much Irene 🙂
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Glad you enjoyed it Paula. You are the one that keeps inspiring with your prompts. 😄
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What a wonderful article this is – thanks for the trip to Europe today.
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Glad you enjoyed spring in Europe with me Sharon.
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Interesting journey and perspective. I’m curious where they store the bodies awaiting burial? In the pioneer days, often a body was kept in a snow drift until spring thaw.
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I think it would be the same here. There was no refrigeration. They had caught a whale which was just kept in the village square for several days for the entire village to feast upon. Unless they had a shed we didn’t see I think that a snow drift was the logical place.
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Sounds similar to the culture on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Meat from hunting seals and caribou or fishing is kept frozen and at community events it’s shared semi-frozen on tarps. But the bodies, not sure where those are kept!
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