Yesterday, Mike treated Mary-Anne to a helicopter ride. The helicopter set them down on the glacier, and Mike produced a ring and popped the question. That means it’s party time. Here are the happy couple.
Justin ensures that Colin never lacks a beer while he plays.
And of course, there’s dancing.
A grand night out, and we have a wedding to look forward to!
The warm weather continues, and skiing back to the cable car station is now only for the adventurous.
Val was at the doctors this morning, and she no longer has to wear a cast on her ankle. It has been replaced by a lightweight brace. The big advantage of this is that she can wear a normal shoe again.
The Jungfraubahn are always looking for ways to increase the capacity of the railway, and their latest plan involves laying an additional stretch of track past our house, as well as the construction of a pedestrian underpass. This will obviously result in lots of noise and disruption, so our landlady is going to officially object to the whole scheme. The first thing we need to do is measure the current noise and vibration from the existing single railway track. This afternoon a couple of guys came around and wired up the house with microphones and instruments to measure vibration.
We’ll let these run for a couple of weeks, and see what results we get. Rocks tonight, with Colin playing.
Last night we got a taxi up to the village. Rocks was closed, so we went to the Waldschluecht for a couple of beers. This was followed by pizza at the Caprice, and then cocktails at the Tanne.
While all this was going on, Emily was playing football at Kirchberg, which is a village just north of Bern. We can keep up with the score of course.
An emphatic win for Interlaken, and Emily was first on the scoresheet. Today it’s been sunny and mild. We went back to Cafe Waldschluecht for lunch after Val’s physio session. A few people went skiing, but it’s really beginning to feel like the season is drawing to a close.
Yesterday’s snow has passed through, and it’s painted the mountains white. The distinctive peak of the Breithorn is in the centre. Down in the valley the sun has made short work of the snow, and the meadows are beginning to look lush.
Up in Wengen the snow has melted from the paths, so we can have a night out.
The last few days have been dull, wet, or often both. Yesterday I popped down to Interlaken and ordered the new superfast internet that is finally available in Wengen. In the early hours of this morning the temperature fell and it started snowing. Val had an appointment at the doctors, so up to the village we went.
By midday there was masses of fresh snow, and getting about was distinctly tricky. We’d really like it to melt, as we could do with a night out. It doesn’t look like we’ll be doing anything tonight though.
Val has now racked-up 10 kilometres on her exercise bike, and we’re hoping that the cast can come off her ankle next week.
Every year, as we get towards the end of the season, Ali hosts a raclette dinner. It’s one of my favourite meals; melted cheese, beef, pork and bacon cooked on a hot stone, and vegetables.
Emily won at Yahtzee (again).
Aminaa left us this morning, she’s off back to Nottingham. Good luck!
To help with Val’s rehab we’ve bought a mini exercise bike. It seems to be pretty good.
We had a good night out yesterday. Aminaa’s mum Batchimeg is here for a few days, so we went for a curry, along with Mike and Mary-Anne.
Afterwards we headed for Rocks and enjoyed a few beers.
Today the sun came out for the first time in ages. Some schools have already started their Easter holidays, so there are lessons for kids on the nursery slope.
The sun has rapidly melted the lying snow on the roads and paths, which makes it much easier for Val to get around on her crutches.
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