Neve!!

The last post from our trip, about Madrid, will have to wait.  It has been overtaken by events - it is snowing this morning!  Here are a few scenes of our place in the snow:

The view from our porch

The Game-of-Thrones stairway in winter

We are also happy to report that we went skiing/snowboarding two days ago for the first time in Italy.  We discovered that we have a very good local mountain, Abetone, here in Tuscany.  It is about a two-hour drive from home.  Abetone has really good snow, long runs, and comfy high-speed quads with windshield canopies.  We had a light snowfall all day.  Here are a few phone-camera pictures from our day on the slopes:

Ski bunny, abominable snowman, and the long run