Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 4
Weather: Hot and sunny in the morning. Day cooled off a bit and was nicer in the mountains. Evening cool.
- Jamie realizes that he has lost his wallet and that sort of sucks a bunch.
- Breakfast.
- Jamie asks front desk person to see if they can help with locating wallet. They have some ideas.
- Dave, one of our guides, attempts to find Jamie’s lost wallet by going back to the train station at Ardez. Sadly no luck.
- We take off for todays hike up to Piz Buin.
- Everyone else hikes down on the service road, Jamie takes a mountain scooter and has a blast.
- Jamie gets back early and decides wallet search is over. It is lost, time to move on.
- Tammy and Mazie explore the town and Tammy has an amazing find! 🤩
- Cold therapy for our tired feet.
- Nice dinner at Meisser Hotel.
- Cool evening back in the room, getting ready for an earlier morning tomorrow.
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After getting to Chamonna Tuoi I decided to take one of these mountain grade scooters back down. It was awesome! It took a bit for me to get comfortable on it. The shocks and disc brakes are a must since you brake nearly the whole way down. I got down in 32 mins!
Amazing spot for lunch at Chamonna Tuoi looking up at Piz Buin.
Hiking Guarda Out-n-Back to Chamonna Tuoi
Day 2 of our Engadine Hiking adventure and today we hiked up the valley toward Piz Buin ending at Chamonna Tuoi for a delicious lunch of rösti and grilled cheese. The day started with a serious uphill section right away, climbing about 1,600 feet over the first 90 minutes. We stayed at a steady elevation with a little descent, and then finished with a more gradual ascent up to the hut. This route was totally new, and part of the trip spending two nights in Guarda.
Part of Switzerland & Italy 2023 collection. Also see Zuoz to Chamanna Des-Cha Hut and back from Europe 2004 Collection collection.
My son Tyler has debated blogging for a long time, and today he asked me to set him up. He just wrote his first post. Proud papa!
Hiking Scuol to Guarda
We got into Guarda this afternoon just before 4pm. We made our way through the town to the Messier Lodge and unlacing the hiking boots felt so unbelievably good. We hiked 10.7 miles over 5h 25m. It was a long day and the last couple of miles my feet and legs were feeling it. It was a great accomplishment and I’m going to rest the legs and body for tomorrow!
Part of Switzerland & Italy 2023 collection. Also see Scuol to Guarda from Europe 2004 Collection collection.
At the Via Engiadina crossing the Tasnan River rushing down the valley. 🥾
Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 3
Weather: Warm and sunny. Cooler in mountains but still hot and sunny at prime of day. Evening clouds and breeze with much cooler temps.
- Breakfast at Hotel Guardaval
- Depart at 9a for day of hiking
- Hike Scuol to Guarda. We ended hike at Ardez and took train and bus to Hotel Messier in Guarda
- Relax with Coca Cola on terrace of Hotel Messier
- Delicious dinner at Hotel Messier
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Switzerland & Italy Log - Day 2
Weather: Hot and Sunny.
- Breakfast at Motel One
- Took Tram with luggage to Zurich HB
- Stored luggage at station (23-06, 23-09)
- S24 train to Kilchberg
- Visit Lindt Home of Chocolate
- S8 train back to Zurich HB
- Quickly retrieve luggage from storage, only 15 min stop
- Boarded IC909 to Landquart
- Transfer traina to Scuol
- Tammy published her first blog post in over 11 years! 🤩
- Taxi to Hotel Guardaval in Scuol
- Walk around Scuol a bit
- Meet fellow hikers and guides Dave and Erik for dinner
- Delicious four course dinner at hotel
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Some photos walking around Scuol, Switzerland.
