St. Moritz is a winter playground for the rich and famous. According to our guidebook, "very ordinary" people fill the streets in the summer, so we felt right at home. At this moment, the rich and famous are no doubt lounging in St. Tropez. With them out of the way, we took a relaxed and leisurely stroll around the town.
Thursday morning, after a delightful breakfast at the hotel, we took a ski tram 150 meters up the mountain to Chantarella, overlooking the town and lake of St. Moritz. By this time in our travels, everything has looked so beautiful that we were almost looking for something ugly to stare at. We all decided that Brian's unkempt shirt would suffice. See video overlooking St. Mortiz.
After soaking in the beauty of St. Moritz (yawn), we decided to head back home. See video of tram back down. Gretchen suggested that we take a detour through Davos on our way back. That proved to be a great suggestion. Much of the ride to Davos retraced the spectacular route of the Glacier Express, providing more picture-taking opportunities (just what we needed). See St. Mortiz slide show.
At over 5,000 feet, Davos is the highest "city" in Europe. It is also the home of the annual World Economic Forum in January. Davos, though somewhat unheralded compared to St. Moritz, provided great scenery of its own. We took a tram up to Schatzpalz, where we enjoyed lunch on a patio overlooking the city and the Alpine landscape. See video overlooking Davos. We all dared to take toboggan rides, which only Brian and Gretchen survived unscathed. (Remind me not to try out for the Olympics.) Pam and I nursed our minor wounds and bruised egos as we hobbled our way back to the train home before the rains came. See video of Pam. See video of me. We enjoyed the restaurant car with cheese and wine on the ride to Bern from Zurich. By this time, we were all pretty tired, so we turned in early for the night. See Davos slide show.
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