The Alps from 30,000 feet
The Dents du Midi from our hotel room, first morning-very little snow in Leysin village!
We were joined on Saturday by our longtime friends, Cathy (from 1968-69 in Lausanne) and her husband, Jean-Pierre and their family along with a group of acquaintances. Each year at this time, they meet here for a weekend in the snow to ski, snow-shoe, enjoy fondue and party! As we were in the neighbourhood, we were invited to come along! Here we are on our first hike Saturday afternoon, but were unable to use snowshoes as many of the trails were quite bare. The warm sunshine and blue skies made up for it, as did a "Gluehwein" and snack in a restaurant along the way!
Jean-Pierre is in yellow, beside Pat in the red hat, Kathie in blue jacket and Cathy in brown
The village of Leysin is below us on our hike-where's the snow?
A typical scene in the Swiss Alps...the only thing missing is Heidi!
Finally some snow along our trail!
Old friends for 43 years: Cathy and Kathie
A new canine driver in town (look carefully), parked outside the bakery!
Some other new drivers in go-carts on the rink! Pat leads the pack in #11!
After Sunday's hike, a game of curling...it's been a long time since those bonspiel days in Grande Prairie! Here's Pat getting ready to throw...
Apres-ski in the hotel lounge/restaurant with some good Swiss wine!
"Une fondue chinoise" the first night and "une fondue au fromage" the second night...yum! The Swiss do it right! Sante!
And after dinner, some dancing! Jean-Pierre and his sister, Yvette take to the floor!
Cathy in the middle (jeans and gray T-shirt)
Jean-Pierre and daughter Jessica on the bar!
A good time was had by all! We hated to leave the mountains but Pat's work and company meetings were calling from the posh hotel, Le Fairmont Montreux Palace overlooking the Lake. Cathy and Jean-Pierre kindly drove us right to the hotel front door., with promises to see each other again in a few days!
Hasta luego!
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