Defrost

The snow finally started melting yesterday afternoon. On Saturday we had a big snow fight in the courtyard at the guesthouse. As everyone knows "it all ends in tears" and it did when the guy who runs the guesthouse snuck up behind me and planted a handfull of snow in my face. It wouldn't have been a big deal except he got snow in both my eyes, which is actually quite painful and incapacitating. My eyes felt like they were burning. I had some eye drops- like an eye rinse so I put some of that in my eyes, but it only helped a little. For the rest of the evening I felt like I had gravel in my eyes. He came up to my room to laugh at me and say condescendingly "Don't cry". It apparently hadn't occurred to him that he might have really hurt me, I think he thought I was just sulking. I challenge anyone not to cry with snow in their eyes.

Other than that, every time we left the place we were set upon by men, women and children who pelted snow balls at every single passerby. Some of the women were really organised with big tubs filled with snow so that they could throw lots of snowballs quickly. Last night we went out again for roast chicken. Yum. We also barbecued slices of potato and zucchini. But the last few days we have mostly hung out around the fire, reading books and chatting.