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Emily came round early yesterday evening and started cooking. She made a very impressive chicken and chorizo jambalaya, it was absolutely delicious.

After we’d finished playing Yahtzee (Ali won, beating me by 3 points) it started raining. By this morning the rain had turned to snow. Not useful snow you understand, but the British type that hits the ground and instantly melts. We popped down to Interlaken where it was pouring with rain, got our shopping and headed back to Wengen. It’s still snowing now, and there’s still nothing to show for it on the ground. Things should be better higher up the mountain. Fingers crossed.

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Val had her German class this morning, and I headed up to the village and did my usual route. I start at the recycling centre, then the post office, followed by the Co-op and finally the dorflade (village shop) where they sell my favourite beer. It was a lovely morning. It’s amazing how many more smiling faces you see when the sun’s out.

Val was at the hairdresser this afternoon, and I ran the hoover around. Emily’s turn to cook tonight.

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… a day makes. After yesterday’s glorious weather and super skiing, we hatched a plot to go again today. Ali has a day off and we met at the cable car station this morning.

Up to Männlichen we went. The forecast was for sunshine again, but the sun was conspicuous only by its absence, and the light was very ‘flat’, with no shadows to reveal the nature of the snow.

We slithered our way down to Holenstein, hoping for the weather to improve. Without the sunshine the pistes stayed hard, icy and generally unpleasant. The gondola took us back up to Männlichen, and we all agreed it was time for a coffee. If anything the light got worse, so back down to Wengen we went.

I’m on the hunt for a new ski jacket, but I can’t find anything I’m very keen on. This year’s colour seems to be green. I like my jackets red, so I’ll keep looking. Nice Easter bunnies outside Central Sport though.

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It’s another lovely day, and the village seems a lot quieter than it’s been lately. Time to go skiing. Up at Männlichen there seemed to be more interest in the barbecue than the skiing.

Good visibility from the top – we could see right down to the end of the lake.

We skied around at Männlichen and eventually made our way round to Kleine Scheidegg.

The snow was nice, and it’s not busy.

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It’s a big day for shopkeepers in Switzerland. Six weeks ago all shops deemed ‘non-essential’ were closed down, leaving us with only supermarkets and pharmacies. Today, everyone can reopen, so it’s time to hit the shops. We went over to Grindelwald.

Val got a nice jacket, and a thing called a ‘jupe’, which is a down-filled skirt for cold days. Back at home, the flowers in the garden are attracting visits from lots of bees and butterflies.

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Val has finished her 1500 piece jigsaw. It’s the Arc de Triomphe.

Last night we had our quiz again.

We normally do quite well, but last night we were soundly beaten. Emily was otherwise engaged, and we certainly missed her. Our ‘non-essential’ shops are all reopening tomorrow, so we’re looking forward to a lot of shopping this week. Val got this lovely shot as the sun set behind the Bietenhorn this evening.

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Paul & Anne-Marie came round last night, we had lots of nibbles, and still failed to completely consume Emily’s cake.

It’s been foggy all day, and we stayed at home. Quiz night tonight, and that should surely be the end of the cake.