Winter in Geneva

This week in Geneva it felt a lot like Minnesota.  We spent a lot of time enjoying outdoor winter activities-

On Monday night, it started to snow in Geneva, which is rare, and continued through Tuesday- by Tuesday night we had about three inches of very thick snow.  So, of course the girls and I headed outside to play in the snow- it was the first time in a long time when I actually enjoyed playing in the snow- no blustery winds and negative degree wind chills- 

Our girl snowman- Eliza was too scared of her to stand with her!  

Tongue hanging out  = fun!  

On Saturday, we headed back out to ski at Samoens.  Adalyn had her second lesson, which went well- still is a bit hesitant before the lesson, but at the end is all smiles.  

Riding up the "magic carpet" 

Loving life!

This week, I even tested out my skiing skills, I probably should have been in the lesson with Adalyn! Instead, I decided to wing it- the snow plow is my technique- thankfully it worked and no broken bones!  Chris and I skied for about three hours together while Eliza was at garderie and Adalyn was at her lesson. It was super foggy, which was a bit scary- at times you couldn't see much in front of you, so you didn't really know where to go- I just followed the crowd- which thankfully worked out!

Date day!

On Saturday night, we went out to eat with friends- as you can see the girls were very excited!

On Sunday afternoon, we decided since it was a clear day, we would head up Mt. Saleve, the mountain very close to our house, and go sledding.  It seemed like the perfect idea... unfortunately, we hadn't thought about the road leading up to the mountain which is basically a one way with two way traffic.  It was icy, snowy, and crowded. Apparently, a lot of people thought it would be a fun afternoon outing.  So, what was intended to be a stress free afternoon turned into Chris white knuckling the drive and just praying we would get back down the mountain.  We did go sledding for a bit and Adalyn had a blast- Eliza was not so sure about the snow-   

Ready to go!

She kept saying, "Go home..."

Action shot!

Sledding hill- on top of the mountain...

I do appreciate winters in Geneva- you get minimal snow in the actual city, yet you can see snow in the mountains.  This is a picture from our backyard- w still have very green hedges, trees with leaves, yet you can see the snow on the mountain where we went sledding.  

Mt. Saleve

We are looking forward to continuing our outdoor activities next weekend, we are going to Chateau-d'Oex, which is in Switzerland, and attending an international hot-air balloon festival. I had heard that it was a fun family event, so we thought we should check it out.  Hopefully the weather cooperates and they are able to fly the hot-air balloons.  

Passez une bonne journee!