Turmhotel Swiss Q Graecherhof
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Chffing down
... it together. Had I managed it 8 minutes before I would have not been given a 'time out' by the darned machine. Most of Verbier has a weird habit of turning off washing machines between 11.10 and 12.30 and 13.00 and 20.00. No other applicance, or sauna or ski lift, just the washing machines! Grrr. Anyway, had a nice cuppa with Helen (see Elfabroads Great Adventure for further tales of ...
Jobs done=none,photos taken=many!
... useful today and go for a wander to work taking my camera with me. The light isn't amazing as it's still very cloudy but at least you can get some idea of how beautiful Verbier is.
In work for 3pm, trying to get organised but again I seem to be up against a wall of 'non' today. I have my client appointments today in one of the VE chalets. It wasn't as slick as I would have liked but both clients were happy, ...
Team dinner at 14
After a busy day in the chalet, more training, more ettiquette with Jane and two more staff massages, home for a qhick shower and back up to No 14 for a superb fine dining menu!
Basically tonight is a run through for the No 14 staff of how a client dinner will happen. From the moment we walk in the door we are treated as guests. I have a lovely glass of Bordeaux from Will who as driver/host I think has the hardest job of all of us. Canapes are goats cheese on polenta cakes with red ...
A visit to the Top of Europe.....
... Guyer-Zeller, the visionary behind the project passed away in April 1899 due to pneumonia.
Further sections of the railway were completed in 1899 and 1903, but construction was interrupted for a time in 1905 due to financial problems, and all workers were "given their notice". Eventually these problems were overcome and the work resumed. There were a number of accidents during construction, including an explosives accident in 1899 that claimed the lives ...
Climb every mountain
We took a little more time this morning, enjoying the amazing breakfast buffet provided at the hotel. Breads, jams and jellies, cold cuts and cheese, cold cereals, granola and yogurt, eggs-both hard boiled and scrambled, and sausage. Orange and mango juice, and an incredible machine that makes coffee and hot drinks as good as Starbucks! The best thing was the hot chocolate. So so good.
We went to make our reservations at the train station, and the man told us that ...