Cold, Blustery Day

Today, when I left for mineralogy, it was:
a. Still dark (the sun doesn't rise until 8:30)
b. 36 degrees (F)
c. rainy
d. really windy (gusts up to 40mph)
I'd check the weather, so I knew about a-c, but I hadn't been expecting the wind. Altogether, it made for an unpleasant 1.5km walk to class. Apparently, I wasn't the only one who found the weather conditions unpleasant, because I was the only student who came to class for the first 30 minutes. The professor commented to me that Spanish students are afraid of the rain, but she then proceeded to lecture like normal (usually, there are 4-5 students who come to the lecture portion of class). It was a little strange to be on the receiving end of a private lecture, and I was very relieved when another student showed-up. In class, however, our professor told us about how she found scheelite in Salamanca by walking around at night with a UV light and looking for the phosphorescence, and she then told us that she came back the next day and "sampled" it. I'm pretty sure that's about as legal in Spain as it is in the US, but it sounds like something a geologist would do...
Now, though, I have an hour before class, and I am nice and cozy in my room drinking cola-cao, the Spanish version of instant hot chocolate, which is made with milk (which makes it clearly superior to instant hot chocolate made with water).