Voll Zfride

The location. Saas Grund in the south of Wallis, close to the Italian border.


The special thing this weekend: Since it was the opening of the season, they let you ride for free for 2 days.
Therefore, and for some other reasons, like birthdays or major deprivation of snow, sun and mountains, Nora, Esthi and me went to our holiday house in Saas Almagell, where we spent two awesome days and nights.

It starts off with me and Esthi in Migros buying food for breakfasts and dinners (and other eventualities of sudden hunger). I guess it was our stage of near starvation that made us grab everything that looked somehow appealing. It became clear at that point that this weekend would turn out to be a serious culinaric highlight. With bags full of fruit, dried tomatos, olives, bread, fondue cheese, feta cheese, salad, artichoks, brownies, tunafish, jogurts, champagne, malibu and tons of other stuff, we go to my parents house to get the car. And what is it that is waiting there for us? A cheese cake, homemade by my mum just for us (my mum makes the best cheese cakes) (and that is true!).

After the arrival in Saas Almagell, we get busy right away, creating a pizza with about 10 different toppings, and at that point, Nora joins in. What follows is a cosy night, with some nice food and drinks, and endless talks about complete Contentness (Zufriedenheit). Which by the way sort of turned out to be the main theme of this whole weekend.
Of course we stay in that night, since we want to be up on the mountain and on our boards (and skis) as soon as possible the next morning.

As soon as possible = 10:16 am. For all the Swiss people living outside of Wallis: Yes, there is snow in Wallis. Not too much. But of good quality. To our big amazment, even though it was free, there were as good as no people on the slopes. As you can imagine: Good snow, very good weather, no people, everything for free: It is the perfect day! No need of further explanation.

At fife that day we come home to our house, completely exhausted. First thing on our heads: Going to sleep. After a bit of recovery and a shover, we continue our culinaric supertrip with a fondue and cheese cake. After some homepartying, we take off to walk to Saas Fee. That acutally is a 40 minutes walk through the forrest (by night). Here some special thanks to John Bonjovi and Micheal Jackson for creating the perfect songs to shout through a dark and quiet forrest.

Coming back home sometime in the morning, getting up some hours later, the three of us are a bit tired. Wheather is half way good, but looks like its getting bad. Nevertheless, of couse, since we are sportive and active girls, we make our way up the mountain, where we really can't see a meter, and do our best.

Here the story is ending. After Esthi was headed back home, Nora and me did some cleaning up and made our way back to Bern and Lucerne.

Completely exhausted, but just as much filled with a deep feeling of contentness :-), I will go to bed now to pass out.