23 - 29 April 2012

Today was the first day of the first week of the first of three two week swim courses, involving over 60 children and just as many hours spent in the water for Simon and Justine. The annual kindergarten swim course didn't take place last year because of Simon's back and since there is no other local provision there is now a glut of non- swimmers and the course has been extended to include the school children too. Some of the 5 year olds stepped into a pool for the first time today. In a land-locked mountainous country it seems it is considered more important to be able to ski than swim. Just like skiing it is a joy to teach.

16 - 22 April 2012

Caspar has a fairly extensive German vocabulary due to his diverse interests, sport, music, church and reading Asterix books. Occasional pitfalls occur, such as this week when a visiting vicar asked Caspar, during a wedding ceremony to fetch him a docht (taper), and Caspar ceremoniously presented him with a dolch (dagger, or rather kitchen knife because he couldn't find a dagger in the vestry).

9 - 15 April 2012

A long and busy winter, which featured a combined family ski distance of 3333 kilometres, over 100 children taught to ski, temperatures of -30 degrees, lots and lots and lots and lots of snow, and 25 blogs that Justine did not find time to write, is over.

2 - 8 April 2012

Caspar knocked his tooth out for the fifth time this week, and this is completely unrelated to the fact that he is learning to unicycle. Watch this space for forthcoming catalogue of injuries.