Heat wave

maybe we cannot call it a "heat wave", but it is unusually warm hereabouts:
Salzburg: + 16 C
Vienna    + 13 C
Innsbruck +13C
Bleiburg   + 14C and raining

So, it's easy to imagine that skiing is not on the top of the agenda.

Christmas Eve, came and went  quietly. We had Christin's Son, Axel, his wife: Paola, their daughters Flora and Emilia and an American friend of Flora from Boston, visaiting us. Fortunately we got our "guest suite"
ready on time, where, by using one cot we were able to accommodate the whole troupe of 5 nicely.

It is now 1PM local time, or 7AM Central Canadian time. Time to get up, switch on the Christmas lights, ( I hope people in Canada are smart enough not to use candles ), have a leisurely breakfast and start unwrapping all the wonderful presents.

I hope that good old Santa Claus was generous to all of you. 

Best wishes to One and All

from

Bertstravels