Pontresina, Switzerland

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“You’re off to great places. Today is your first day! Your mountain is waiting, so get on your way!” – Dr Seuss

We arrived via train on a rainy afternoon.
Lots of clouds hanging on the peaks.
The wonderful sound of water rushing down into the valley.
A church in the center of town.
The following morning, we took a train to nearby St Moritz and took a cable car up
to Piz Nair.
They said we might spot Ibex like this guy…we did not!
This is the sun terrace but not a lot of sun this day.
From up above, this was our view down to St Moritz.
Once down off the mountain, we decided to train to another nearby village – Samedan.
Pretty little town, even if it was raining!
See the terraced hills behind me? Those were from the 1500’s when Celtic people farmed here.
We had heard that it was going to get cold overnight – cold enough for snow, we wondered? We were pretty excited when we woke up to this!
We dressed as warm as we could and then we took 2 funiculars and a cable car to get up to the paths above Pontresina. Following the signs to Alp Languard.
The red and white trail markers let us know we were on the right track!
Spectacular vistas all around.
What a fun day we had.
Someone made this section of the path quite easy to traverse.
Here’s my fearless leader, crossing a waterfall!
Beautiful mountain flowers – so tiny yet so resilient.
We walked through a short tunnel in the mountain and I thought this was a fun pic.
If you’ve never seen a kestrel, it may be worth a google search…we had a couple soaring over our heads as we hiked and they are so much fun to watch. They hover while looking for prey and you’d swear they they aren’t moving, even though they are high in the sky. Every so often they spread their tail feathers as a type of rudder. Just fascinating.
After hiking for four hours we took a chairlift – down, down, & down into Pontresina – terrifying!
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  5. You guys are kind of like the post man “neither snow, nor rain, nor excessive heat will stop you”. You are incredible. Love the view from the mountains.

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