Emily has prepared a variety of cheeses, some dried meat and home made chutney for quiz night.
We munched our way through it all while we answered as many questions as we could. Here we are, along with the other teams.
We did well, and we won the quiz for the first time. It helps a lot that there are 5 of us.
After all the rain and snow over the past few days it was nice to see the sun this morning. Lots of skiers about.
Nice weather for ducks. Well, we don’t have any ducks near our house, but the horses didn’t seem to mind the rain.
Rachel popped in for coffee, and brought a jigsaw puzzle for Val. Quiz night later.
I ordered some ribeye steaks from the butcher. Here they are topped with a nice plump prawn and herby butter.
It’s windy today, and with the avalanche danger still severe there are no ski lifts running again. I went shopping – we need cheese for quiz night tomorrow. Cheese fans are in cheesy heaven in Wengen.
The weather is gloomy and mild – it seems very strange after all the cold and snow we’ve had recently.
Yesterday’s snow continued into the evening. The council were busy clearing it until well after dark.
By this morning however, it had turned to rain. That made clearing the wet snow from the terrace quite a challenge. Rain makes the snow very heavy and greatly increases the likelihood of avalanches. Our ski area is therefore completely closed today – there are no trains going up from Wengen. Val had her German class this morning, and I’m cooking tonight, so this afternoon I’ll be mainly peeling potatoes.
It’s my turn to cook tomorrow, so I planned to get the heavy stuff from our Co-op this morning, and then pop down to Interlaken this afternoon for the rest. This morning wasn’t too bad. It had started to snow at breakfast time, but it wasn’t too heavy, so my quest for potatoes, wine and carrots was easy enough.
After lunch I headed down to the valley, with the snow getting heavier all the time. I wasn’t worried – it hardly ever snows in Interlaken. How wrong I was.
I got my shopping and headed back to the snowbound station.
That’s one of the biggest snowfalls I’ve ever seen in Interlaken, and I was very happy when the train reached Wengen. We don’t get cut off very often, but in weather like this I wouldn’t be surprised one bit if we do.
There’s a guy who comes here after a snowfall – he clears our steps and the garden path. He’s usually pretty good at guessing when the snow will stop, but yesterday afternoon his efforts were in vain, as the snow kept on falling. He was back this afternoon to do it all again. The village is looking pretty good.
Up in the village the sheer quantities of snow are beginning to cause a few problems.
It’s more or less impossible to get anywhere near the Indian restaurant.
Much more to come apparently.
Emily arrived early last night, she brought pork loin and lots of veggies. It was absolutely delicious.
Shortly after we finished eating it started snowing. The snow continued all night and it hasn’t stopped yet. My trip to the bottle bank was quite an adventure. Wengen is a snowy wasteland again.
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