What an amazing view out the window when we woke up!! More snow overnight but a beautiful clear morning with blue skies.
We enjoyed the Kulm’s buffet breakfast and then got the kids to ski school for their second day. Koji was moved up to the next level and Tommy stayed with his original class. Nigel and I headed for the gondola and up to a few runs half way up the mountain. It’s very quiet here at the moment as the season is just opening and this is the first snow – this means hardly any queues at the lifts and not too much traffic on the slopes.
It had been eight years since I last snowboarded – except one run in an indoor center in Auckland a year ago! Besides being extremely unfit I managed to make it to the bottom without a fall. Nigel as usual took to it like a duck to water. We did another run down to the ski school where we watched Koji shooting down the beginners run by himself!! Dad and Mum were very proud..!
We picked the kids up as their lessons were only for 2 hours and went to lunch in a little restaurant near the slope. Surrounded by goat heads, reindeer heads and a big hare with horns protruding from it’s head… we quite enjoyed our lunch….!
Nigel disappeared for the afternoon so I took the kids on the bus around the town and then for another hot chocolate to warm up. It was -14 overnight and -7 during the day today so a bit chilly!!! My breathable Australian climate sandshoes are doing wonders with letting the snow melt through them into my socks and freezing my toes each day!
Back at the room it was time to sort out our luggage! We’re on our 11th day which means were half way through our trip…..
Tonight we headed over to the little old chalet across the road for dinner and watched all the big piste groomers with their lights on in the pitch black clear the runs on the mountain. They all came down and parked outside the window we were eating at and came in for dinner.
We’ve just ordered some ‘neck rolls’ for our room tonight – the beds are lovely but we think they may have forgotten to put cushions in the pillow slips as our heads are at bed level each night when we lie down.
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