Tuesday, January 27, 2009

St. Moritz ski trip with the Beckmans!

This weekend we went to St. Moritz, a beautiful ski town, with our friends Leah and Derek Beckman. Leah and Derek lived in Chicago while we were there, but they moved to London about the same time we moved to Zurich (They are in our London blog as well). I took one day of lessons before we went to St. Moritz, and Leah and I decided to take some more while we were there. All ended well, but I'm still not the best skier.


This kind of trip was right up Scott's alley. He LOVES skiing.


The boys went skiing one day while the girls hiked through the snowy hills and found ourselves right in the heart of St. Moritz. Those are horses right on top of a frozen lake. They were getting ready for a full out polo game on the ice!



St. Moritz is definitely a town of style. We found amazing outdoor seating just about anywhere.


Saturday night, we headed to the center of St. Moritz to the Palace Hotel. This place was luxury to its fullest. After dinner at Le Bistro restaurant inside, we stopped by the Kings Club bar. To our surprise, the beers were $30 each. Ouch!

The fresh snow in the night made everything really light up!



On the trip home we took the Glacier Express train. A friend of mine commented that it looks like the train to Hogwarts from Harry Potter. I can see the resemblence. =)

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Our second visitors in Zurich!


Alexa and Noah, friends of ours from Chicago, came out to Switzerland during the holidays. They went to many different places in Switzerland, but we were lucky enough to have them come stay with us for a few days. It was so nice to have friends from home here to share in this interesting experience with us.





These two have been friends for years, and I mean years! They meet in middle school and still keep in touch today. We love you Alexa!


It wouldn't be a visit without a picture on the trams.

Us too!!!
Alexa and Noah,
Thank you so much for taking some time to visit us on your holiday. We had such a blast with you both, and we can't wait to see you again in the future!
Love your friends,
Scott and Brooke