Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Foppa!!!

Hello everybody,

Well we’ve completed 1 year and some in our new land. With the World Cup and heading to the Swiss Alps, L and I have been quite busy.

This weekend was spent in Flims, Switzerland, where we celebrated the 4th of July with German, Swiss, and British friends, they even played the Star Spangled Banner for us, how thoughtful…not.   (Just in case you think I forgot, Happy Birthday Barbie Jr.)

In other news, it’s official my back is kaput.  Had an x-ray done yesterday and they found, what they think to be, a flat like a pancake L5 in my Lumbar region…well no wonder my leg goes wonky when I sit down.  Next week I’ll be going in for an MRI and my doctor said something about injections into my lower back, but we’d have to wait for the results to be sure.  I’m glad I found out what it was, because now I know what  steps to take towards healing.

 

Below you will see pictures of our short vacation. Where we stayed in a log cabin near Flims/Foppa.

 

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We trekked from the bottom of the mountain range to our site for about 45 minutes.  Foppa happens to sit at the edge of a sky lift so I have to say that the walk up to the place was difficult.  Foppa is located at an elevation of 1420 meters or 4,658.79265 feet.  With the highest point starting at 3200m.  On Sunday morning a group of us hiked down from about 3000m to our cabin which took us about three hours.

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Her’s a view of the trail leading up to the log cabin and below is a picture of the log cabin, which can hold about 30 people.

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Below is the view from our window we arrived Friday afternoon and set up for the evening, where later we had fondue the Swiss style.  It was quite good.  I thought I had taken pictures, but for some reason my camera said, NO. So sorry.IMG_4817

 

 

The following morning I walked around our site breathing the fresh mountain air, not because I wanted to, but because it can be hard to breathe at this elevation.  IMG_4819

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Here we were headed into town to check out the Lag la Cresta.IMG_4833

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Sunday morning heading up to 2600m and then hiking up to 3000m or 10,498.6877 feet for our hike back down to the cabin. IMG_4873

 

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The little doggy at my feet was awesome. He climbed right into the lift car and sat right next to me and then waited calmly as we ascended.  Then when we landed, he jumped and ran into the snow.

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Into the clouds.

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At this point the hike was fine, then it started to rain and it made walking on shale and slate harder and slippery.

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The pictures lack a little depth, but let me assure you we were far up the mountain.IMG_5006

 

 

This picture was taken several minutes before the rain and as you can see, it was quite steep and then add water to the equation for a little drama.IMG_5009

 

Calm and quiet at 2200 meters or 7,217.84777 feet.IMG_5013

 

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Flowers in the Mountains of FlimsIMG_5034 IMG_4955 IMG_4957 IMG_4977 IMG_4978

 

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Tisle or something like it.

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And our descent back to mortal land.  IMG_5035

 

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You know these two.

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That’s all folks, keep checking I will be adding some video.

hugs and kisses,

M&L

7 comments:

Jack Noodle said...

holy crap! that's gorgeous!
Do you think maybe your back hurts from all the balls out hiking you're doing? maybe you should relax and watch some netflix for 16 hours or so like we do back home.

Martin said...

Yeah, that did cross my mind. I did end up pushing it to far this weekend, thus the x-ray and MRI.

Jack Noodle said...

miss you!

Chris Rahn said...

Wow, looks like hobbiton. Sorry about your back, I blame the Germans.

Martin said...

yeah, I also thought of LOTR, but I had misplaced my sword and shadowfax.

Betty Edwards said...

amazing pictures! looks like you guys are having a blast! :)
Hey it was great skyping with you last week or so, we really miss you guys! :)
xoxo
Frau Rahn

Barbara said...

Neat pictures... Sarana got her puzzles and she thanks you for the b-day wishes :) Miss you guys!!