There seem to be very few December photos, although it was a very busy month. We spent a lot of time driving to visit Basingstoke, where our elder son is hoping to buy a house. We must have seen around 10 - 15 properties, though it seems like a lot more.
I managed the odd visit to London, for shopping or Directors' meetings,
and was nearly tempted to try skating at Somerset House. I expect I'd only fall over and hurt myself.
We made a lot of cinema visits as our local cinema shows National Theatre and Royal Opera House productions. The cinema is better than the theatre for Paul these days - he can't hear in the theatre, he's too deaf!
There was some news about the proposed extradition of the young German who killed my cousin last year, though it wasn't very good news. The Police Family Liaison Officer told me that his file had gone to the Ministry of Justice and there it stopped while there was an attempt to iron out various issues surrounding the intention that his sentence in Britain should be served in Germany. The issues being considered are things such as when he is released in Germany, will he be transferred back to the UK or will he be assessed by the British out there, and will UK authorities actually have any say on his release date? Until this has been finalised and everybody is satisfied, he will not be released to the Germany authorities, and will not be able to be tried there for the person he killed in his home town. The end date for the extradition was originally 24th December and the FLO believed things would most probably be sorted out by then. However, by the time of writing this, early January, I have still heard nothing further and conclude that this means nothing has happened.
Christmas was a very busy time. Everybody came to our house, so we were 9 for the meal on Christmas Eve (if you include our new grandson). As is traditional for me, I forgot to cook some of the food I intended for the meal and it is still in my freezer! I gave up trying to cram everything into my small kitchen's tiny fridge freezer, and we bought a second one for the garage, and it was just as well I did, since both were absolutely full. Since our eldest son and family weren't staying, we had the traditional French Christmas, with Père Noel arriving with presents before you go to bed on Christmas Eve.
My younger son and family stayed, in fact they are still there as I write, along with my sister and my daughter-in-law's sister, though I am now in France! Paul and I arrived here at Les Deux Alpes yesterday for skiing, but we arrived in the rain, and today the snow is alternately slushy and icy.
The view from our balcony is pretty good, and shows that there is plenty of snow at present.
This is the view from the side of our building, with distant snowy peaks.
I don't know how long the snow will last though - hot weather is forecast all next week. I didn't go out to ski today, I left Paul to do the wandering about and finding where to go, and I'll probably go out tomorrow - as long as it doesn't get too icy.
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