SAAS-FEE VILLAGE

Apparently, according to the wetteramp, it was minus 13 degrees celcius last night so no wonder the water bottles the kids had left on our balcony were frozen solid this morning.

As daylight broke and the sun rose the view from our balcony:




















It was all on foot today. Sofie had a practice ski in preparation for her lesson tomorrow. She was a little frustrated as the slope she used wasn't fast enough but later today Dave and I walked to the top to check it out and have found where to get off the drag lift and a quicker slope for her tomorrow.

After lunch, whilst the kids were watching Star Wars and I was napping, Dave went out on his own and trekked half way up one of the nearby mountains.

We're roughing it tonight and have opted to stay in our room for dinner. We get sick of eating out sometimes as well as the expense. We've no facilities in our room other than a kettle but who needs a fridge when it's so cold outside? Any cold items we buy we simply put on the table on the balcony. Dave's eating tinned corned silverside, gerkins and corn, the kids - apple, ham, chicken loaf, peanut butter baguette and creme yoghurts and me - oats, sultanas, almonds and soja yoghurt sweetened with agave. I'm thinking a last minute dash to the supermarket for some Movenpick icecream for dessert is in order :)

Today's photos here.

SAAS-FEE, SWITZERLAND

Guten Morgen Australia. Yep, another language to learn, at least the basics - German.

After a slow start to the morning we were off on our two and a quarter hour drive to Saas-Fee in the Swiss Alps. The scenery along the way was again amazing.

We stopped briefly here and there to take some pics. No snow chains required but God damn, it was and still is cold. All I can say is, "thank God for thermals!"

We were welcomed in Saas-Fee and as the whole town is car-free we parked the car in the undercover car park at the entrance to the village and were then picked up and taken via an electric-powered taxi to our hotel, Hotel Berghof.

We unpacked and were straight out the door to hire Sofie's ski equipment and toboggan for Jayden. They had an hour or so mucking around this afternoon with the toboggan, snow and icicles. Sofie is soooo excited (like the day before Birthday or Christmas excitement) about skiing tomorrow, she reckons she'll be out of bed by 8 am. We'll see about that one.

The whirlpool and sauna got a run this evening just before dinner and it won't be long before we're all racking out the zeds. Someone is in bed already busting to close his eyes as I speak. Wonder who that would be?