Reporting from the slopes

This morning it seemed that somebody had stolen the mountains - all in thick snow, couldn't see more than 20 meters. Anyway, the locals are used to it and the ski school was on, so we went up the mountain as well to give it a try. Not great visibility but better than expected. Also we couldn't ski quite as fast because of all the fresh snow. Then had a run down the small slope with the kids before lunch break. And the sun came out and it was beautiful. The whole village smelled of vanilla sauce and "Kaiserschmarrn"! Yummyyyyyy!
By the time the break was over the valley still had sun but in the top we were in a thick cloud. We skied down and went over to the other side, that had a little bit more sunlight. That was really magical with clouds below us and on the top. It kept changing rapidly. For the last run the sun had come out just a tiny bit over the tops on the other side, so the tops of the mountains peeked out from a thick snowcloud. Then further down the clouds were so thick, we could hardly see a thing and it was so still like being stuck in a big ball of cotton wool. As we came down to the Startbahn, the boys were up there! They had their first day today going up with a proper lift and coming down a proper hill. They did so well and were so extremely proud of themselves. And Beatrice - she had gone up to 2500 meters with the big Kaiserbahn Gondola and came down all the way, part of the slopes being red and really tricky. Absolutely fantastic! Afterwards the ski school had a little party with drinks and their mascott Cow and music and dance.
Tomorrow we hope to do a little skiing before the school starts, so that all can make the most of the last day. Before the "Weihnachtsmann" (Santa Claus) comes...