Last night we went to the Alpine Hotel to see Beves and Ibe play. I was spoiled by the staff, who knew it was my birthday the day before.
Blowing out my candle.
I was also bought a beer, and Ibe sang Happy Birthday. What a nice night out. Thanks to Anne-Marie for these great photos.
Not much to report from today – it’s been freezing cold with a stiff north wind. I got the shopping while Val was at work and hurried home.
Last night the weather completely changed. The high temperatures are gone, and this morning it was cold with fresh snow. The nursery slope at Scheidegg.
There weren’t many people skiing today, but the pile of skis outside the coffee hut gave a clue as to where everyone had gone to escape the weather.
A breakthrough for Colin this morning – BBC Radio 2 played one of his songs.
We’ll never hear the last of it! If you’d like to hear the song, click play below.
Yesterday evening we had a night out to celebrate my birthday. Dinner at the Silberhorn.
It’s actually my birthday today, but Val’s back at work tomorrow so we don’t want a late one tonight. Anyhow, dinner was delicious, and we followed it up with cocktails in Rocks. Today the weather has been pretty gloomy, and it’s been getting colder and colder this afternoon. It’s a good night to stay at home.
We had some rain in the village last night, but we were warm and dry in the Alpine Hotel listening to Colin and Nev.
By this morning the rain had moved on, and the sun was doing its best. We’re off to Interlaken. It was very quiet.
Inevitably perhaps, we were drawn to the Cafe de Paris for lunch. Delicious as usual.
We followed that with an afternoon of shopping. Easter is coming so there’s a huge selection of chocolate in the shops, yum!
More sunshine today, and as you can see, the football pitch and the tennis courts will soon be useable if this weather continues.
Kids are everywhere of course.
As I type this the sky is actually clouding over, and apparently we might get some sort of precipitation later. I’ll believe it when I see it.
The warm, sunny weather continues. Our garden faces west, and it gets a lot of sun in the afternoon. The first flowers are beginning to appear, including the bulbs that we planted in October.
As the sun gets higher every afternoon, it reaches more and more restaurant terraces. This one is outside the new steakhouse ‘Mira’s’.
A quiet night in tonight, and Colin and Nev will be at the Alpine hotel tomorrow.
I was away on the 07.12 train today, which was a bit of a stretch. Why? Was I on my way up for a fantastic ski? (No, it’s far too busy, and it hasn’t snowed for over a fortnight). Rather less glamorously, I need to shampoo our carpets. Most Swiss homes have hard floors, but ours is carpeted almost throughout, so instead of a quick mop, they need a proper clean every so often to keep them sweet-smelling. I whizzed round the Co-op in record time, and acquired the necessary chemicals and a few bits of food. Interlaken Ost railway station is just opposite the supermarket, and on my return these Korean newlyweds on platform 4 were happy to pose for photos.
After offering my congratulations I jumped on the train back up the valley. I was back in Wengen for about quarter past nine – plenty of time to clean the carpets within the day. Ski school starts at 9.30. Here’s the queue.
It’s probably the busiest day of the season, and I’m happy to be scrubbing carpets instead of competing for space up the hill with the holidaymakers. It’s not their fault they all come this week – it’s school holidays, and if they want to take their kids skiing they have little choice.
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