Winter has started quite nicely. The snow has come and we have moved after the snow. The Alps have been on my mind and I have been there three times already.

I had a return ticket to Milan from last summer. During the summer trips, the only way to travel was to buy one-way tickets, but the cheapest way to return home was to buy a round-trip ticket. I already rationalized the ticket in the summer so that if the weather was favorable, I could visit the Alps in early December. That's how it happened that it snowed in Alppila and we went on a trip. However, there were last-minute changes in terms of flights and a new destination was found a little closer to Munich. From there, get in the car and off you go. The forecasts promised good rains on the Austrian side, but no matter what. It snowed more in the Western Alps. However, I was left wondering about the snow situation in the direction of Austria and Switzerland. Here is a clip from that trip.

The next trip was planned almost immediately after getting home. Now, however, the flight to Milan and the Fiat Panda. Idea: drive where it snows the most. This wasn't very difficult in terms of the trip, because it has snowed in huge amounts in the Alps. However, the trip was made difficult, if not extremely difficult, by the constant temperature fluctuations and the storm wind that got really furious. Anyone who moves outside can deduce what this means. The trip included good and then very bad days, when in the morning there is a nice 60cm of snow on the roof of the car, but when the temperature rises, it melts in the eyes.

I took the third Alpine trip of the season to Chamonix, where I stayed for a week. While resting on the floor of a friend's family's living room, I could only watch the snow fall on the village again. The elevators were kept open and I was reminded again why Chamonix is such a difficult place for good skiing. Even the stormy winds raged and in the end the avalanche scale sank to red, looking a nice 5/5. At that point it was good to lift the switch and come home.