little teeny update- but with videos! (new tech)

from todays tour

Thought I might throw in a very quick Lech update, though I don't know what I can say that I haven't said every other winter.

Harumi told me to get slightly wider skis and they have been a game changer.  At Christmas the Schneiders handed out old photos to each table- some were really old and frankly horrible- but some were amusing. We have a new room with views to the south and west, and we have both walked into our old room several times.

Thomas is doing these really really long hikes and comes back so tired and happy. It is some sort of nectar to him, all this exercise.

I have also seen some of the worst behavior I have ever seen here- rich people's temper tantrums over perceived slights, one man coming to the dining room in his dirty pyjamas and divorcees trolling for new husbands in full view of the husband's wife. You know- the usual.
It does lead one to a kind of five star mini depression. The sanest ones are the mountain guides- so I try to stick close to them.
Harumi's son is my love- he comes to the hotel by skis, and he likes to hold a little briefcase (instead of ski poles) that holds his baby giraffe. I will upload that video and more after dinner.
more in a jiffy. xx

One oldie from Lech. F must be about 6.

view from my bed

ok below is H's son on his rounds with briefcase. He already has a lot of his mothers ski style- the way he pushes into the mountain left and right. You must put it into full screen and listen for the baby Japanese at the end. I told Luis S that he would be ruling this town for only a few more years- a new bachelor with longer eyelashes was coming. He claims that Fuyuki has maxed out on cuteness and it's all downhill from here. No pun intended.

and Harumi just sent me this one (she takes a lot of me...which I sort of hate because I hate looking at my own style especially in the back country; 

but you get the idea of how remote it is out there