Read the following paragraph and choose the best alternative to fill the blanks:

I don´t really enjoy cold weather. My first experience of heavy winter was when I was 9 years old and my family went to Canada. I was used to the kind of snow that falls back home, which turned into with all people walking in it. Our winters meant a little bit of white in my garden. I´ve never experienced the and . When the Earth and the snow away in spring, everything looks more amazing than ever.