Davos, Sertig and Dürrboden, Switzerland

Davos is the highest town in Europe and a pioneer in winter sports

Here is the Reformed Church of St. Johann in Davos

Davos with its natural EISBAHN ice rink which got closed after 126 years!

Spectacular mountain views

Davos, highest town in Europe

Davos Bäckerei Konditorei Café Restaurant Weber

Bakery Confectionary Café Restaurant Weber

Davos Sertig Kirchlein (little Church) Hinter den Eggen from 1699

This photo from Davos Sertig Kirchlein Hinter den Eggen 1699, earned Pieter a price at his photo club!

Mountain view from the Dischma valley

Dischma valley with mountain view

Dischma valley

GASTHAUS DÜRRBODEN

DÜRRBODEN INN

CHALET CHRISTINA

CHALET CHRISTINA with mountain view

Looks like an Alpine hermit resided here...

View from the ski lift

Another horizontal view from ski lift, showing the landscape

Vertical view for showing the mountain side

LOTS of snow in those villages near Davos!

Hoping that you enjoyed Pieter's pictures, for most of my readers it is probably quite new...

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Saas im Prättigau, Switzerland where Pieter stayed when Skiing

Pieter Skiing in Switzerland 

Pieter Co-Speaker at ISMS in Amsterdam-Wageningen 1965 | mention of Jörg Kuhn and special friendship

Saas im Prättigau, Switzerland where Pieter stayed when Skiing

Church of St. Laurentius in Saas im Prättigau, Switzerland near Davos around ten o'clock in the morning.

This is the little town, where Pieter did stay while skiing...

Remember, Pieter was an avid photographer, so he also tried this one in black & white...

What do you like best?

Church originally dates from 1290 but got rebuild several times.

Walking around the Church; but be careful in the snow!

These slides got scanned by me in December of 2013 and one has to keep in mind that they went THREE TIMES in a container across the Atlantic Ocean. Not so good for their gelatin coating as it gets affected by moisture.

But I'm very pleased with what I ended up with, all the way from 1963...

Mainly homes are build in wood.

Just a cozy little town with spectacular views.

After a fire in 1735 all wooden homes in the city center had to be rebuild...

This is the former City Hall that is now being used as an Inn

'Gasthaus zum Rathaus' is written in 'Old German' which we still had to study in Highschool, is not easy to read!

Gasthaus Madrisa is another typical Swiss Inn.

Madrisa is a mountain section.

This was the 2nd home from the family Kuhn, where Pieter stayed when going to Switzerland for advising them in mushroom growing and having some time for skiing or sight seeing.

You notice how much wood is being stacked under the balcony to the side and behind buildings?

The saying was: 'A true Swiss has wood at his doorstep'

It also created of course a tremendous fire hazard...

Saas Village Square... To the right is the Post Office in this photo but it got closed in 2010 I read.

A closeup of the house on the left in the above photo. A typical Saas Prättigauer home.

Wish I could read what all is written at the very top.

Some locals would know!

Geraniums make it look so romantic...

This was the 'Postbureau Saas'

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Pieter Skiing in Switzerland 

Pieter Co-Speaker at ISMS in Amsterdam-Wageningen 1965 | how this special friendship came about

Pieter Skiing in Switzerland

Yes, through the Kuhn family, husband Pieter got to learn skiing in Switzerland.

Mainly he went to visit Kuhn for giving mushroom growing advice, during the Easter holidays as that is still excellent ski weather.

Here Pieter is on the slopes in Saas, in the Davos, Switzerland region.

Pieter really enjoyed skiing!

With sunshine, as is evident from the glare...

Of course, Pieter did get some lessons at the Schweizer Skischule or Swiss Ski School

An oversight from the area...

Together with his friend Jan Keijsers who was the architect for his practical training college...

Using the Davos T-bar: the oldest ski lift in the world

Lessons learned, now up on the slopes... using again the T-bar lift.

Nice views!

Excellent skiing area

Relaxing after skiing and reading in German

Hans Jörg Kuhn (the son of Jörg) took this photo of Pieter wearing his silk ascot...

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