Ibis Chur

... Gebiet Obersaxen mit dem Stein und dem Piz Sezner und dazu von der Südseite her aus dem Val Lumnezia (Lugnez) das Gebiet um den Hitzeggen. Heute sind die 3 Skigebiete miteinander verbunden, obwohl das Lugnez politisch nicht zu Obersaxen gehört.

Geschichte

Vor den Walsern war es jedoch bereits durch die Romanen besiedelt. Im Testament des Bischofs Tello ...

... we had caught up on news, we both set off in different directions, we were heading for Italy, and the Stelvio Pass.

Although we stll had the little job of Swiss postcards. We saw a little shop as we turned a corner, and popped in there. We had the rest of the Swiss francs, but we were 20 cents short, the lady in the shop was really kind, and let us off!! How nice the Swiss are!

... us through a shopping centre. There we spotted a couple of uniforms, which just had to be policemen, so we decided to chance our luck. When we explained the mission, they were more then happy to oblige with the photo of the team and one of them. The next question was the 'handcuffs' photo. As I was speaking in German to them, I managed to det the idea over, but the policeman ...

... Feldkirch I got lost. Actually I was just trying to get to McDonald's because the group wanted a bathroom break and the public toilets here were not to our standards. Anyway, I drove past the McDonald's twice - once my fault and once the navigator's - and drove down a pedestrian only section of road before we gave up and continued on our journey out of town and deeper into Austria.

... also all had a strage look at us, most of all at my Dad. A bit after we came to the conclusion that all the other wanderer spoke about my Dad because I as girl carried a huge backpack and he as a man nothing! Of course this had for us a sence as I wanted sample my new backpack and wanted to see if my wake back can support some weight. But also after 7 hours of carrying Lilly (that's the name I gave my cute female backpack) I was happy to have bought a good ...

We visited Olathe's sister city, Chur, Switzerland, today. Very, very cool - it's been settled for close to 5,000 years! One of the items I presented to them on behalf of the city of Olathe was a plate commemorating our 150th birthday and a book illustrating our first 150 years; almost felt a little "young" in light of their history.

We were greeted by Peter Laube, head of Tourism for Chur, and Markus Frauenfelder, Chur City Manager ...

... dorm room- you could imagine how my mood turned from a bit cranky, to super annoyed. Oh well, not much I could do, and other than that, and the insects I had as bed mates, it could have been worse... at least the showers had hot water. I ended up meeting Julia from St. Gallan, and she asked me if I wanted to watch the football game between Germany and Turkey at the stadium that night- which I did! The game was amazing, and both teams ...

... a look around the oldest city in Switzerland. Across the road another hotel was entertaining its guests with strains of a yodelling choir. After a short walk around the older part of town it started to rain and we quickly returned to the Hotel. Lucky we did as we then experienced one of the heaviest downpours we have ever known, not including Papua New Guinea !!!
The rain cleared what had been a very heavy atmosphere, and facilitated a very good night's sleep ...

... his first love and the shop had many examples of his art and other objet d'art with his designs appliqued. Whilst I do love his style of sculpture I don't think I could live in an apartment designed by him of which there are a few scattered around Austria his home country. [ The reason we made this pilgrimage to Staad was that we had been introduced to Hundertwasser's work by Anne's sister D some years ago when he used to live next door to her in the Bay of Islands and he had ...

... from Chur to Brig, the middle four hours. The uniqueness of the rail line as a cog railway between Disentis and Zermatt and being exclusively owned by MGB meant that my Eurail pass was not valid for most of the trip. Furthermore, the true enjoyment was to be found in 1st Class where panorama coaches awaited customers. Knowing this in advance, I purchased a 1st Class window seat far in advance (in Berlin), figuring I ...