It’s cold and snowy today, so we plan a trip around the mountains by train. First stop is Kleine Scheidegg where Richard could have a good look at the piste machines that he’s seen prowling the ski runs.
Next it was down to Brandegg for a traditional lunch of apple fritters, followed by a look around Grindelwald. We didn’t stay long as it was so cold. The train took us back to Wengen via Zweilütchinen and Lauterbrunnen, and we were very pleased to get home into the warm.
Excellent evening out at the Sunstar last night with a guest appearance from Beanie.
Phil did some more skiing this morning, then we met Jan, Steve, Helen and Adrian at Wengernalp for lunch. They’d had a good morning’s skiing.
This evening it’s another new sport for Phil – curling. Tuition from Val.
And here we go.
Sweeping.
Curling is always a fun thing to do.
Lovely evening out yesterday, we hired the grill hut in the garden of the Sunstar.
Here’s chef Willy cooking up our meat-feast.
Phil went skiing again today. It’s sunny so there’s no need to go up to Männlichen. Up the rope tow.
Expert tuition from Val.
Slalom around the ski poles.
Phil wanted to try skating. This week we are lucky as Georgia is an expert. She offered to give him a lesson.
This chair helps with balance.
Georgia can skate like an angel.
Phil wanted to have a go at skiing, so we rented some gear and up to Männlichen we went.
He did really well. It was a bit cloudy up there, but much nicer than fog-bound Wengen.
Busy day today. Jane, Richard and Philip have come by train. Here they are grabbing lunch in Paris.
Steve, Jan, Livvie, Georgia, Helen and Adrian have also arrived today. Here I am with Phil at the bar in the Sunstar.
The mild weather has gone and it’s much colder and snowing.
Still raining this morning, but with the added bonus of fog. Val took her class up the Lauberhorn and found that they could get above the cloud at the very top.
A few hundred metres further down and it’s back into the fog however. Ah well, it can’t be sunny all the time. Party tonight for Angela’s birthday, which should be good.
Good evening out yesterday. We had a few beers in Rocks, then popped into the Silberhorn and had a lovely Chateaubriand. Patrick was playing in Rocks for the first time. Hopefully he’ll be back.
It was snowing in the village when Val left for work this morning, but it soon turned to rain as the temperature rose. It’s a bit miserable.
And just as miserable up at Scheidegg. At least it was snowing.
A popular option on days like this is tobogganing. You can rent these for a few francs and the train will take you to the start of the tobogan run up at Wengernalp. Kids love it, but they must get just as wet as they would have if they’d gone skiing.
And if you’d rather sit in a bar while your kids get soaked, you can always hire a ski instructor to take them out.
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