On June 8th I took a long weekend trip from UK by air to see my paternal cousin who lives in Switzerland. He is a couple of years my senior. The photo of us was taken on the 9th when we toured the mountains in his Prius.
You can see his patio umbrella and one view overlooking Chur.He had his recent house built up the side of a mountain and one gets a 180 degree view all around.
Having left his lovely home he took me all over into the local mountains. Arose is so close that the train for the ride up starts in Chur close to his place. I took it several times on other visit.
We stopped for drinks at this cute family operated railway stop pub. Grandma and grandpa were in charge that week. Kids went on holidays. It was fun chatting with them.
It is of interest to know that the river Rhein has it's origin i these valleys. Thee is an upper and lower Rhein.
In contrast with many old churches found around Chur he took me to a super modern one known as Die Drei Grossen Steine, the three big rocks. It looked airy and roomy inside.
And being seniors we enjoyed an afternoon watching old-timers race old cars wearing vintage clothes. The bonus was the weather allowed for an air show of three very old small aircraft to do some cool fly overs roaring in completion with the cars. The car route was in part along this lake.
I was blessed with awesome weather upon my arrival and we ate our final lunch on the balcony with the view of Chur.
I was very happy to reconnect with him now. While I just had a new granddaughter one of his granddaughters will shortly arrive in London for a Masters's class in violin at a famous music college. Then she will spend time getting to know my daughter and the wee ones. So cool!~!
My grandpa and my cousin's grandma were siblings born around 1890. They grew up in Sudetenland now the Czeck Republic. I got goosebumps when I think of how generations evolve.
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