The dawn chorus wakes us at about 6.00am these spring mornings, and amongst the bird song we can hear the whirr of a huge crane, busy building what we hope will be our nest. Work on the long promised new apartment block, to house people who live and work year round in Maria Alm, has finally started and is expected to be finished by December. The spring building frenzy has started all over the village and everything must be finished before next winter, so they start early, work late and build quick. Since it took so long for work to start, we didn't expect it to be so quick to finish, and have committed ourselves in our current accommodation until December 2011. It would suit us if all animals and machines would stop being quite so busy.
