Tenne Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee, Valais, Swiss Alps, CH-3906, Switzerland
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The gentle art of skiing in sunshine
Emily and her husband Andrew visited during a worldwind tour of the world. It was great to catch up and hang out with the 2 after quite a few years.
Then the first day of sunshine after over a week of snowing, meant several ski trips to catch up with different mates and enjoy the huge amount of snow recently dropped and some great sunshine!
As you can see - Disco had a lot of ...
Skiing the Alps!
... there. We had sunny skies the entire trip and once again, everything was beautiful.
Had rachlettes for the first time - this is a type of cheese that they melt and serve with a couple small potatoes, onions, and pickles. I find it to be better than fondue and made sure to eat it a couple times. Another first time experience was carmel vodka. A local bar, named The Pipe makes their own vodka there and it is good!
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Cheeky Catch up with Nadia
A friend, Nadia, lives in Milan and after a random email exchange we decided to meet in Sion - close to being in the middle of Lausanne and Milan. After lunch and a stroll around Sion - which is turning into quite a cool place, we then drove to La Vaud and had some wine watching the sunset over the lake before heading to Lausanne to drop off Nadia. In the evening Ana and Stefan had a fab meal with Milagros in Pully - gorgeous evening out and the summer just keeps on giving.
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Matterhorn and an upgrade
... too hot and makes the snow unstable even though where I was it was 4 degrees. From Gornergrat you can also see the Monte Rosa glacier and small research station which is completely self sufficient and is measuring the climate and geological changes. You can also get your picture with a St Bernard dog for 10chf if you desire. I felt rather sorry for the dog. There also happened to be some swiss boy band at the top filming their latest video ...
If heaven isn't what it's cracked up to be...
... just around the corner from the lift station was Pension Gimmelwald; a warm and cozy atmosphere of swiss furniture and hospitality.
I later found that Gimmelwald and the valley of Lauterbrunnen reminded me of home. It's a valley with a main town in the base, smaller villages along the ridges, and waterfalls and hiking all over. It's really like being set loose in an enormous Letchworth Park.
I purchased some local cheese ...



