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THE PLEASURES OF AlpenHirt

MOUNTAIN LIFE 山居生活艺术
约五分钟后，一行人已经抵达酒店，丰富
A hearty buffet breakfast awaited them 的早餐也等待着来客。 美味的有机阿尔卑
in the hotel. Aang could not get enough 斯山乳酪让 Aang 停不了口，Chang 则爱上
of the organic alpine cheese, Chang 了薄如纸片、自然风干的 AlpenHirt 牛肉干，
loved the paper-thin, air-dried beef Baihu 则喜欢浓厚香醇的意大利咖啡。他们
from AlpenHirt, and Baihu especially 异口同声表示，“这个早晨真棒。”
enjoyed the strong Italian coffee. ‘This 来到恰岑，不需要紧凑的行程。用了早餐后，
is a real treat,’ they said. After breakfast 他们就先回房稍作休息，以养精蓄锐，那
we let them relax for a while, telling 么下午才有精力出游。恰岑以滑雪度假为
them to be ready with anoraks and 名，所以当然不能错过滑雪运动和体验当
walking boots at noon. 地独具特色的风土人情。酒店前台为我们
安排了三台当地特色的单板雪橇（gögel）。
Meanwhile the reception organized
three Gögel, the special single-runner
sledges. The five of us took the chair
lift to Waldstafel and started our fun
on the perfectly prepared, high-speed
sledging downhill run. As tricky as
it was to master the Gögel, it was
a great feeling when we succeeded.
We went up and down twice. Back at
The Alpina, Chang, Baihu and Aang
wanted to try out the spa and then get
a soothing massage. We agreed to meet
them again at a quarter past seven for a
great evening at the wonderful La Belle
Epoque Restaurant with Best of Piano
Jazz Live. Alessandro d’Episcopo, the
world-famous stride pianist, gave a
stunning performance. And the dinner
prepared by chef Chris Trewer was
outstanding.

HORSE RACING ON SNOW First they enjoyed the skijor race
(guests on skis pulled round the
The following morning we collected track by mounted Freiberg horses)
our three Chinese friends from the in the presence of many national and
hotel, took the post coach to Chur and international celebrities. In the late
from there took the UNESCO world- afternoon, to warm up, we had a drink
heritage train to Arosa. ‘This is without and a snack at the jockey bar. It was very
doubt the most spectacular train ride I exclusive and pretty fancy, and our three
have ever taken anywhere in the world,’ friends enjoyed being welcomed as the
said Chang. It had taken us an hour to guests from furthest away. Back in Chur
ascend from 584 meters above sea level again all three of them wanted to shop
to 1,775 meters. Once in Arosa we at Zoppi, the famous watch store in
had a special treat for them, especially the middle of the medieval city. They
for Aang, whom I knew to be a horse- wanted those truly elegant Longines
racing enthusiast. We took the three of watches for their spouses back home.
them to the hurdle race on the frozen
Lake Obersee. It’s the world’s only such
race that takes place on snow.

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