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Arosa, Grisons, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
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Davos wins 4:3
Quick update at 6am whilst the house sleeps because who knows where the next wifi connection awaits. Today we leave Switzerland for a day of driving through Lichtenstein, the smallest country in the world. About 30km from top to bottom and it's only just up the road from here so we discovered in our planning last night. Then through to Stuttgart Germany via Austria for a little stop over. We are just over the half way mark of our 5 week odyssey ...
King for the day!
... began to turn bad as Storm Andrea hit with blizzardy gusto. What should have been a 2hr trip became over 3hrs as we inched carefully along the increasingly icy and snowy road. We carefully negotiated slipping traffic and snow ploughs oncoming shifting the ice in its path. We knew our vehicle was reliable but it was other traffic which was the unknown variant. To take our mind off the anxiety we switched the radio to a cheerful ...
Is it STILL snowing?
... then I am here from 7.30 am until 10pm with a short break to ski or walk in the afternoons, so not surprising really. Just been to book a cross country lesson for tomorrow, so looking forward to a new experience (!) and judging by the number of Porsches parked outside the cross country school, could be interesting in all sorts of ways!
I leave Arosa next week, for the nearby mountains of Austria where I am not going to cook but I will be skiing ...
Yonaton the comic relief!
... saying he had a great time as he'd made a friend who could only speak german was seven years old and clearly was bemused by Sam who is 5"10 and 15yrs in the same class. This boy obviously had a sense of humor and must have sensed the same in Sam! Sam tells us that they communicated by **** (sorry for the courseness folks but it must be said) noises from their mouths as they rode the TBar together and ...
The calm before the storm
... dogs and pushing prams at 2500 meters, with skiers forbidden to trespass onto the paths! And check out the pictures of the golf course below!!
I may not get a chance to blog again this week, so want to wish you all, my dear friends and family, a very Merry Christmas. Please forgive no cards this year for obvious reasons and hope you all have a lovely time with your families over the break. Hope Santa is good to you all
Jo
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