It was spring, but as I alighted from the plane I was greeted with nothing but snow. Clearly my cleverly hatched plan to avoid the German winter had failed - or so I thought. But suddenly there was a little bit of sun and it did seem that spring had finally begun to stir. Yesterday we even went out for ice-cream. However, one must be cautious when coming to such conclusions. Its still only mid March and I do distinctly recall that it does snow in April. Definitely not out of the woods yet.