Wednesday 16 September 2015

The Roos family.
14th September 2015
A Bavarian feast in Bad Ragaz, Switzerland!

A new tradition, well we hope so anyway!  Walter is a great Chef and treated us to his version a Bavarian feast in 2012 so we asked if we could have a repeat performance this trip!  Maurice wanted him to show him how to do it so there was an afternoon of cooking lessons with Walter while Karin and I relaxed. Well, after we decorated the wintergarden.

Who needs the Octoberfest! 

Lessons from the Master Chef, Walter.








Apprentices taking notes.

While the Frau’s relax.









Mini Master Chef, Samuel.









Yummm.....Knuckles.

Dark beer basted Pork Belly.


Preparing Chef lubrication.





















The girls.










10th-13th September 2015
Bad Ragaz, Switzerland

Maurice kept himself busy during the first part of our visit by making some birds which have now settled into the Garden.

The treats keep coming, the past couple of days we have had  dinner at the Hotel Tamina in Vättis; spent the day with Stefan as he recorded a show for Swiss TV and watched as the cows were brought down from the Alps.  We have really enjoyed every minute of it.

Migratory birds from South Australia to Switzerland.

 Who wouldn't be happy living in such a beautiful place. 


Even though we are not golfers you can’t help enjoying a walk around the Bad Ragaz course.


A great meal in a great location, Hotel Tamina.













We had a really interesting day watching the recording of a Swiss TV show. Of course there was beautiful scenery on the way to the location.


At this time of year all the cows come down from the Alps and in the  nearby village of Mels they have quite a few including ones from Karin’s  family farm.  It is a very traditional event with lots of people dressing for the occasion including the cows. 










There are some hazards in following the cows back to the farm!


The end of another great day :)



Tuesday 15 September 2015



9th September 2015
The Stelvio Pass
Maurice was determined that we would do at least one of the major mountain passes so today we went for a ride into Italy to do the Stelvio Pass.

On the way up.











On the top!






 On the way down.





Lunch stop.