FollowIt’s been a pretty awful week of weather. Lots of rain saturated the snow that fell last week, turning the village into a sea of slush. Last night however, just after dinner, temperatures plunged and the rain turned to snow. Val had an appointment in Interlaken this morning, so she was out early. I followed her down a couple of hours later, and we had a long, lazy lunch with Emily at the Cafe de Paris. The snow had even reached Interlaken, which is quite unusual. It was vaguely amusing to see office workers in their suits and smart shoes negotiating the piles of snow that the ploughs had left behind. Usually we feel like country bumpkins when we visit a town wearing our mountain gear, but today we were the ones appropriately dressed.
We dragged ourselves away from the warmth of the restaurant and headed back towards Wengen. Not long after we got off the train the sun came out, giving us a tantalising glimpse of the winter wonderland that we are lucky enough to call home.
The sunshine lasted for half an hour or so before the clouds returned to obscure the view, but it was very nice while it lasted. The forecast for the weekend is bright but extremely cold, so we won’t be going far.