April

A short four day work break and then we were back in St. Anton for Easter. We decided not to ski in a ski school group because Alois had private lessons. We know enough of the area to ski on our own, but with a group is more fun. We met up with Olav, who didn't really have a good first day but the following days improved. We even managed to catch up with Edelgard (who was conspicuously missing all season) and Doris. We had some great firn snow in the mornings and some great spring snow in the afternoons. On the last day it was plus 11 C in the village at 11am so we stopped for lunch and stayed on the sun terrace for the rest of the afternoon. Duncan wasn't really well on that day so a gentle day was really needed. The following weekend saw us going back to pack up the apartment, a sad event as it means the end of the season. Michelle got in about 50 ski days this year, but Duncan only managed about 35 because of his new job. The end of April saw Michelle in hospital to get her knee fixed. She got a new cruciate ligament she spent a week in hospital before coming home on crutches.