Day 2 Sils Maria

We met up with John & Madeline in the morning - no actually with John at the train station. He had lost Madeline and by chance ran into us. How lucky is that. Together we figured out which gate our train was at. Thankfully my new SIM card worked and I was able to call Madeline so we all met at the gate. Happy reunion.

They’d purchased 1st class tickets, and we were 2nd class, so we departed to our respective trains. At Landquart we met up again, and they kindly joined us in second class. We were well settled when a young “officious” ticket checker came by. Not only did he ask to see our Eurail pass, but also our passports, which were locked in our suitcases. What a pain digging them out - but we did and all was fine.

We were planning on catching a bite to eat at St Moritz, but the bus to Sils Maria was there so we hopped on. We tried to pay using the machine on the bus, but we didn’t have a Swiss pass so it wouldn’t except our payment. In the end, we never paid - guess the bus driver decided to let us old folks go for free.

The road went by Lake Silvaplaner that was packed with kite surfers. Beautiful to see.
Once in Sils, thanks to Madeline, we settled in easily - a lovely, clean, aesthetic, 2 floor apartment. We then headed off to scout out the land. First stop was Neitsche’s house, - but decided to visit when we had more time. We then headed towards the peninsula where Neitsche walked, contemplated etc. We headed in the wrong direction first, then backtracked and ended up at the stone where he’d carved some “deep wise” thoughts. Madeline has a good base in German, so with her help and Reverso’s translation we got the gist of what he was trying to say - “The world is deep, deeper than thought, all desire wants eternity, deep eternity . . . “ It was a bit too deep for Madeline & me, but Peter & John had read many of this books, so perhaps it made sense to them.

We then stopped at the Edelweiss Hotel for dinner on the upper patio. It was after dinner that Madeline super patiently got me set up on Find Penguins. Not easy because I was hesitant to upload my pics & text, so it kept appearing on her blog. Another lesson learned - if you want your own account you have to be brave and upload everything.

I’ve never done a blog before, but as we were bopping around so much - and it is our BIG 75 & 80 - I thought it would be a good way to help the old brain remember what we did when. There is an option to make it into a book later, which I may pursue.En savoir plus