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.
What about you?
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I will be back to edit . Sorry for my typos. Ipad won’t scroll down the post so I have to use the laptop but later. Got family coming for dinner.
Such beautiful views! Is that a mango tree growing in a pot?
without your words I would never have guessed that is a church. the views are all spectacular. so much beauty
Lovely visit you had with your cousin. He has a stunning view of the mountains.
Wow----how gorgeous.. I have always wanted to visit Switzerland since I LOVE mountains... You obviously had a fantastic visit.... I'm SO envious!!!!! WOW.
Hugs,
Betsy
I can only imagine waking up to that mountain view each morning -- so beautiful. How wonderful that you could reconnect with your cousin and also then connect another generation of family.
What a spectacular view he gets to enjoy daily. He really showed you a grand time. Switzerland has been on my bucket list even before I knew what one was.
Wonderful photos of spectacular mountains. Makes me want to travel again.
Dear Heidrun, how wonderful that you could make this visit to your cousin in Switzerland and have nice weather and reconnect with him and with younger generations. The view is breathtaking. And how wonderful also that his granddaughter is going to meet your daughter and grandchildren. I often think of the generations evolving and being and then dying--so many of us living at the same time--I am now a great-great aunt to a generation! Peace.
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