Glacier Express

        Two weeks ago we were in the Engadine valley in southern Switzerland.  We stayed in Pontresina visited St.Moriitz, and went sleding in Preda\Bergun.  The sledding run was a UNESCO World Heritage site, becouse of amazing train track.  It had tunnel loops and spectacular stone bridges.  The sledding run was super fun and it had a radar gun were you could see your speed. I got 36 and 33 km\h.  At the bottom there was a very pretty village with old architecture. All the corners of the houses had elaborate paterrns etched into them.  This picture is from when Eric and I were taking the train home the entire ride was 2 hours long.  The train had panorama cars so that you could see the mountains, we sat in one when we took the train from St. Moritz to Chur and from there home to Zurich.

Davos Igloo

When we went skiing there was a snow fort Igloo at the beginning of the ski run.

You could order fondue at the Igloo.

There was an ice sculpture of a wolf.

There was a deck of cards on the table.

 The chairs inside had sheepskin on them.

Florence

I went to Florence with my grandparents and my brother.
We saw the Palazzo Vecchio it is the city hall and a museum.

We saw the Duomo which is made out of red, white and green marble.  It is big!

We saw the famous David statue.  It was big!

This is a bridge named Ponte Vecchio (old bridge).  There are a lot of gold jewelry shops on the bridge. 

 

These are the famous gold doors of the Baptistry by Gherberti.

 By Simon VanDusen

Rainbow Rhine falls

On Friday we went to the Rhine Falls and there were rainbows.  There was a castle at the top. At the bottom balcony over the river it was icy. In the middle of the river there was a island with the Swiss flag on top.  In  the summer  you can take a boat to the island.  

Skiing at Grindlewald

Last weekend, we went skiing in Grindlewald.  

There was powder snow and we went very fast.

At the end of the day the Eiger mountain came out of the clouds.

At the end of the day we skied al the way down to a village.