Continuation of our 20 hr round trip to & from St. Moritz via the
Julier pass
Ok...somebody hit the wrong button & sent only the beginning of this
adventurous day.
Now that the VW Gulf tire is repaired, the touring begins. We drive over
to the town of Pontresina(15 min) where Ruth points out her future
apartment. She has made arrangements to move sometime next spring & is
looking forward to having more space.
Then we drive further South(I think...20 min) & park. Ruth has arranged
for us to take a cable tram up to about 9,000 ft to the ski lodge
Diavolezza & have lunch. The nearby mountains continue climbing up to
10,000 ft + & it's truly beautiful from our restaurant window. Then we
have the traditional white wine with an appetizer followed by red wine
with the main lunch course. Wow, I can feel the wine at this altitude. We
take our time with lunch & enjoy the view from inside....outside it's very
windy & cool. Many glaciers are at our same altitude....and they are not
melting.
Back down to the valley now, we drive west to the town of Moloja where we
walk thru a very old section of town to a partially built castle called:
Torre Belvedere built by a fellow by name of Giovanni Segantini. We climb
the somewhat finished portion & enjoy looking up at the mountains & ski
areas instead of looking down on them. There is a lot of history here
about this old partially built castle but I don't know it well enough to
pass it around. It was one of the earliest structures built in this
Engadin valley near St. Moritz.
We return back to the Ruth apartment where her sister Esther also is
living but one floor below. Esther worked today so she had just returned
from her job. She talks us into staying for dinner. It was quite
entertaining watching Esther preparing this meal in her very small kitchen
with all 5 of us sitting at the table. She was organized & had a place for
everything & everything was in it's place....amazing.
7:30 pm Dinner: Knodels, Chicory salad with bananas & oranges. Green salad
with radishes & tomatoes, cheese & dried meat. It was all very good but I
was a little embarrassed & apologetic that my appetite was spent. The
lunch was huge & I was just not that hungry.
Rene & I have little wine since we both wanted to be in shape for driving
back to Andelfingen tonight. We thank the Spani girls & agree to keep in
touch with them as best we can. Then Rene starts driving @ 8:45 pm &
drives fast. He really is an excellent man behind the wheel....but Myrta &
Kathy are both beginning to feel sick during the switchback curves that
Rene is making good time on. This Julier pass is no road for
speeders...well maybe only Rene when everyone is sleeping...and now, no
one is sleeping. With the newly married Mrs Zuercher & Kathy's
persistence, Rene reluctantly slows down a lot & the girls slowly recover
& are comfortable again.
We make a quick stop @ Vollerau(Rolf's town) to pick up Katrina's jean
jacket that she left at the hotel & restaurant Berggasthaus Herrenboden on
the wedding dinner night. We will take it with us to give it to Katrina
Friday morning in Florence, Italy.
We arrive @ the Andelfingen apartment @ 11:50 pm. A great trip thru the
Swiss Alps to visit the Spani Girls. It was wonderful spending time with
them again. Lights out: 12:35 am
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