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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 ...
Chur and the train trip to Morges
A pretty rugged night sleep but we know that tonight we will be back in Morges in beds that we will sleep well. A few hours to kill so we look around Chur, a lovely place and we note a Gondola - aerial this time - thinking this could be a good thing to do. So off we head. This gondola goes 1.6k up so a pretty good sight we get of the Chur valley and the surrounding mountains. As the gondola climbs the cows below us ring out a tune via their bells as they graze ...
Not much in Lichtenstein
... along the waters edge and through the cobblestone streets I continued on my journey. After another hour I arrived back in Memmingen, the city where I started and where I was staying. I arrived a bit earlier than expected so went and had lunch at an asian takeaway store (terrible I know, but the only other places open for food were cafes that served only sweet food). So I sat here ...
Davos
... and very soon we were taking off layers to keep cool. We gained elevation quickly and once we broke through the tree line, it was a really beautiful view over the town of Davos and the surrounding mountains. The fall colours near the peak were really gorgeous, especially all the wild blueberry bushes that were a deep red-orange hue, providing a stark contrast to the evergreens and brown grass. We tried a few blueberries but they were definitely past their prime. ...
