Val had her German class this morning, and while she was doing that I popped up to the village for bread. After lunch we wandered down to Wengwald.
It’s not a bad day. We caught the train down to Interlaken and did a huge shop, before hauling it all back to Wengen.
It’s another nice day – bright and mild. Our walk takes us to the hamlet of Wengwald, which is below Wengen.
The goats were enjoying the sunshine. They never stop eating.
Walking to Wengwald is easy, but the path back up to Wengen is a long slog uphill.
Opposite Ali’s house is a high grass bank. Aliena and Larina are climbing to the top, while Mick the dog awaits a treat.
And down they come – no toboggan required.
It’s a nice day, so we’re off out for a walk.
We ambled towards Innerwengen along the snow-covered path. Meanwhile, back in the village, the sunshine is melting some of the snow from the rooftops. Of course as soon as the meltwater reaches the shade it freezes again. The awning at the Crystal bar has frozen solid. A heat gun is needed to free it.
Across the road a section of the footpath is cordoned off. You really don’t want one of those icicles falling on your head.
A nice walk, on a rare sunny January day.
We had our stew last night and sampled a few bottles from the schnapps cabinet. This morning the snow has gone, but the avalanche danger is off the scale. Walking on the top path is prohibited, as Ali found earlier.
It’s been 5 days since we had our COVID test, so we went and got another one – we are all negative again. Amazing sky on the way home from the village this evening.
Thai curry for dinner tonight.
It was snowing when we woke up, and it continued all day. I had cleaning to do, and Val gave me a haircut. I spent most of the afternoon making a huge winter stew with potatoes, carrots and a load of hirsch (deer) that was half.price at the Co-op. The council eventually arrived and dug our path out.
So now all we have to do is wait for the others and we can tuck into dinner.
The snow finally came to an end yesterday evening, and today we had some sunshine, which was nice. The kids ski lift in the snow garden is almost buried.
This afternoon I popped down to Interlaken while Val did her German homework. It was already clouding over when I got back, and apparently the snow will return by tomorrow morning .
We had a lovely lasagna at Ali’s last night, and while we were eating the snow continued to fall. It was still snowing when we awoke this morning, so I set to work clearing our terrace.
The pile of snow below Colin’s balcony is a couple of metres high now. Meanwhile, Larina is enjoying herself.
The snowploughs have been out since early this morning, but getting rid of the snow is time consuming, so huge piles remain.
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