Hotel Streiff Arosa
Sonnenbergstrasse Arosa, Grisons, Swiss Alps, CH-7050, Switzerland
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Davos wins 4:3
... wrangled some Gratis VIP seats ringside to an ice hockey game between our team HC Davos & the Kloten Flyers of Zurich. The boys now not only think Marco not only looks and sounds like Arnie Schwartznegger but that he is also god! The view from here has to be seen to be believed. Looking almost level on the ice through TOUGH glass windows. Some of the 'rucks' if that's what they are called would happen nose pressed against the glass right in front ...
King for the day!
... station which featured folk style polka music. Nah unanimously this didn't last too long and we resorted to singing our own. Ever heard the saying 'sing like no one is watching you' well we did and it wasn't pretty! Griswalds eat your heart out!! Well the morning came and we woke to a day of continual snowing and the ski resorts were closed due to threat of avalanche and bad conditions. Yay a lay day! Kids played ice hockey ...
Is it STILL snowing?
... unless you count my continually crashing into the churned up snow and grinding to a halt. According to Vic, I was not going anywhere near fast enough, as she had no such problem. Whatever, tomorrow marks one week since this wonderful adventure and I can honestly say that for the first time since then, my bottom no longer hurts when I sit down, and I can walk normally! I am also sporting some amazing black bruises in the weirdest of places ...
Yonaton the comic relief!
... to the vehicle. Eventually it lumbered up the narrow mountain road past us. Guy exclaimed as he got a closer look that it was Justin Bieber and co on his "purple" custom painted bus peering out the front window at the snow falling. Even Sam agreed this was true and that is saying something not to disagree with Guy! Jess also saw him and confirmed the sighting! Perhaps they will be 'papped' on the mountain ...
The calm before the storm
... My ski break (ha ha) was then spent trudging to the Coop in heavy snow to buy chicken breasts (for Day 3!) and so it went on.
I have quite honestly never worked so hard in all my life, or been so exhausted. I am glad to say
that I am enjoying it, and two days in, I am getting the ha ng of things and even finding very polite and novel ways of telling curious grandmas, mums of toddlers and toddlers themselves to get out of my kitchen and let me make their supper! ...



