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Stranded in St Moritz
Winter Alps Adventure
Stranded in St Moritz 11-11-12
A few days ago people were winding me up that I only managed to ride my bike a few miles from Interlaken to Grindlewald which can't be more than 30 miles or so. Well if that was a poor show then what they going to say about today when my bike never even moved off its stand!!!
I got up this morning and looked outside only to see the whole area covered in snow ...
Sunshine and snow in the Alps
... steep mountainside with long drops right off the edge of the road. One minute the wind is helping you up the mountain but as you turn the next hairpin bend it’s blowing right into your face. The temp was now dropping rapidly as I got higher and higher.
Finally the road straightens out and I find myself heading through a wide open valley covered in snow and ice. The road is rather wet but still good for riding on. The temp has fallen to 2 Celsius but thanks to ...
What a journey
... no English but another lady helped out. Stayed zermez then off to pontresina to catch the bernina express railway line. Ok know we have seen wonderful parts but this is even better. Got off train at ski ing area, cable car...gondola.. With all the snowboarders,skiers as season opened 20oct to diavolezza bernina 3000m. Wind howled up there through the alps, saw another glacier, nick lost his cashmere lined gloved in the wind but then picked up someone's else's flying ...
Davos
... onions, pickled onions, pickled zucchini, canned corn, baked potatoes and even pickled chanterelles!). About an hour later, after we were all sufficiently stuffed, Connie informed us that there was dessert, too. I didn’t know if I had room left for dessert but I thought it best not to offend our hosts J . It was a traditional ice cream cake that Connie’s mom had made. That was the perfect way to round out our raclette dinner since we had all ...
Back to Stelvio pass we wind
... walk we went to the restaurant and had yummy pizza for dinner and a small bottle of wine. Rhys then went to bed very early to hopefully sleep off his cold while I got another small bottle of wine and settled in a comfortable chair with my book for the evening. I was also lucky enough to catch Megan, Neeve and Marley on skype for a nice chat.
Wine finished and the knowledge of waking up at 4.30am to catch granddad on skype I went to bed for an early night. ...
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