Det er muligt, at det vil more vore danske læsere, men rent faktisk vælter sneen ned her i Frankrig, og vi undgår så vidt muligt at køre over bjerget bagved huset uden at tjekke vejen grundigt først og da helst i firehjulstrækkeren... Godt nok kan vi ikke prale med 20 centimeter sne natten over ligesom i Åbenrå forleden, men kommunens grønne John Deere (forbrugeroplysning til byboere: vores yndlingstraktormærke) smutter da forbi vore vinduer mindst en gang om dagen. Alain har kørt en gammel mand fri af sne i skoven og hentet sine ski til Verzy.
This may be funny for the Danish readers, but actually snow is falling heavily these days in Champagne. We cross the mountain behind us as few times as possible and when we do, we check the road carefully before and still prefer driving the four wheel drive... Even we can not boast with 20 centimers of snow overnight as in Åbenrå the other day, we still see the green John Deere of the commune (our favourite brand in tractors) at least once per day. Alain has freed the car of an old man from the snow and has also brought his skies here.
Clement har været ude at kælke og er ved at vænne sig til, at sne er vådt og koldt. Montagne de Reims - 200 meter over havets overflade - lever tilsyneladende op til sit navn. Vi har på flere ture mellem Verzy og Soulières kunnet konstatere, at der falder mere sne på bjerget end i dalen, og at den også bliver liggende i længere tid.
Clement has been out trying his sledge and is getting used to the fact that snow is both wet and cold. Montagne de Reims - 200 metres above sea level - seems to match its name of being a mountain. On several trips between Soulières and Verzy we have seen, that more snow falls in the mountain than in the valleys below, and also that the snow stays longer.
Vinen sover stadig, og lider ingen nød sålænge frostgraderne holder sig over minus 15, og det, regner vi bestemt med, vil fortsætte. Allerede nu varmer solen nok til, at nattens sne stort set når at smelte i løbet af dagen. Omkring Vertus - i Côte des Blancs vinområdet - lå sneen tykt og smukt i sidste weekend. Nu er den stort set væk igen.
The wine is still hibernating, and is doing fine as long as the frost stays above minus 15 degrees Celsius, which normally is the case anyway. We are in March and the sun already has enough power to melt more or less all the snow of the night during the day. Last weekend - around Vertus in the Côte des Blancs vineyards - the snow covered the ground with a nice and thick layer. Now it is almost melted away again.
Det er efterhånden et par uger siden, at det på disse kanter forholdsvis sjældne snefænomen begyndte. Vi var på sightseeing Vallée de la Marne rundt. Detter er udsigten fra landsbyen Mutigny på den anden side af bjerget ned over floden Marne i et søndagssnevejr, der først nu lader til at være inde i sidste og afgørende runde. Denne uge skulle blive den sidste, hvor vi stadig kan muntre os med vintervejr.
It is a couple of weeks ago, that this in this area rather rare phenomenon of snow in late February began. We were out sightseeing up and down the Vallée de la Marne. This is the view from the village Mutigny on the other side of the mountain overlooking a rather hazy river Marne deep down. The snow has continued almost every day ever since. However, this week seems to be the final one with snow.
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