A weekend at the chalet

Sounds like what you think of when you picture Switzerland, right? Well, it was. We spent last weekend with BK's boss, his wife and dog at their chalet in Davos. Davos is about a three hour train ride from Basel and is a well known ski area in the Alps. In case you keep up with world events, this is also where the World Economic Forum is held every year in January.

 

It was a really relaxing weekend, and as fall seems to have rolled into Switzerland, quite chilly up in the mountains. Luckily the rain held off on both Saturday and Sunday until the evening and we were able to get quite a bit of hiking in. On Saturday we looked around the village of Davos for a bit then took the cog train up on of the mountains and hiked down. They had their dog with them the whole time and when we were hiking I was totally wishing we would have brought ours. Not sure how Tan would have done, but I think Toby would have loved it.

After our hike we returned back to the chalet for some rest and then enjoyed raclette for dinner. Raclette is both a type of cheese and a traditional Swiss dish. You use an electric stove/grill type thing which has a flat cooking surface on the top, heating elements in the middle, and small dishes to melt cheese in below. You typically eat raclette with various types of meat (which are grilled on the flat cooktop), potatoes and other types of veggies. It's a great after skiing/hiking meal.

Sunday we took it easy, getting out to hike mid-morning. We we were out for around four hours, and the rain held off until the last 15 minutes of our trip. I know it doesn't sound like much, but it was great to just be outside and enjoy the mountains. 

Hopefully BK and I will be doing more of these little weekend getaways. I know he wants to make the most of the ski season here, I'm just not sure what I'll be doing during that time, as I think it may be frowned upon for a six-month pregnant person to be skiing. Maybe I'll take up snow-shoeing or something a little less risky. We'll see.