Crookhorn College Ski-ing Wednesday 19 February 2014

Wednesday 19 February

Wendy’s birthday today! Happy Birthday!

No ski-ing for me today as we leave to go home tomorrow and not the day to be breaking bones!!

We are going back to Zauchensee and it is fairly bright with high clouds as we arrive, and unusually mild. Snow is forecast later this afternoon.

I sit on the bus writing this blog and after an hour my battery goes again!

Time for a stroll to stretch my aching legs and walk the stiffness away. Ask Brian if he fancies a walk but he really doesn’t do walking!

As I’m out it starts to snow and within a

few minutes is snowing heavily with the mist/cloud closing in.

I go into one of the cafes where I can plug in and connect to the internet to carry on with this blog and am soon joined by Brian.

We go upstairs for our lunch in the main restaurant which is normally a very fast and efficient service, especially with a lot of skiers coming off the slopes but today we sit at the wrong table as our lunch takes an hour and a half!

It is snowing very heavy still.

By the time we depart at 15:00 the snow has turned to rain as we drive down through the valley to the town of Altenmarkt. Here we stop for half an hour for everyone to visit the Spar supermarket so they can top up with goodies for tomorrows journey home.

We are back at the hotel by 16:40 allowing us all an hour to wash and change before going into Golling for a Pizza dinner.

I haven’t been into Golling before and am pleasantly surprised by the very attractive High Street running through the centre. Our Pizzeria is along this main street and after turning the bus around we manage to park in a lay by close to the restaurant.

We have all chosen our pizzas in advance and it doesn’t take long to make and cook them. Also they are a little smaller than a true Italian pizza, the ones served to individual guests! I thought the adults at least could have had a larger pizza but then again it is all about the children so maybe not.

They all seemed to go down well.

We were back at the hotel by 19:00 and immediately the children had their presentation evening where they receive a booklet showing their prowess and the standard they are at as well as a small badge.

I have a couple of drinks before calling it a night.