Radstadt Austria

We just returned from a week skiing in Radstadt, Austria. Same apartment, same mountain, (almost) as much fun as last year. Emma and Janne again enjoyed skiing very much. A nice extra for them was that one of their ski-classmates from last year was there again as well. We found out that she lives only 30 km from Veldhoven, so funny.

On Thursday, the traditional end-of-course race was held and Janne finished second in her class! Emma was a bit disappointed, as she finished last (again). On our last day there, I skied down with the girls for the first time and I was so amazed at how fast they skied and how well.

The girls in their ski-class, with teacher Markus; he is dressed up because of carnival Tuesday (Fashing Dinstag in German)
Emma racing down
Janne's turn at racing
Janne finished 2nd, Emma 9th
Ready to ski down together
Here we come, still far away
And here we are, still together, all in one piece

Pieter and I had a great time as wel, that is, until Tuesday ... On Tuesday afternoon, Pieter took a big fall (and all the kings horses and all the kings men could not put Pieter together again). Fortunately, it wasn't all that bad, but still serious enough that he was brought down from the mountain and to the hospital. He didn't break anything, but he did hurt his face rather badly and every bone and muscle in his body is aching now. It'll be a few more weeks before he'll be fully mobile again.

Pieter, after the big fall. He actually looks a bit better here, as compared to right after the accident. Now, five days later, he already looks and feels a lot better.
Frau Kindler, the owner of the apartment we rented, with the girls. She kept saying 'brave Kinder' (good children) and always gave the girls chocolates. We already informed them that we'll be back next year!