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It really was! But we wouldn’t have had the amazing experience on the train otherwise, so it turned out well. I think often of Dodie. She would rather be riding in the rain than rehabbing after knee surgery I am sure.
6 years agoScary scene!
6 years agoLet's keep this blog dignified. No need to use expletives like "November in Victoria"! It is actually super pleasant right now, in September, but the specter of November is always there.
6 years agoWe love it. And you won't be sitting around fifteen or so years later wishing you had gone to St. Moritz.
6 years agoWe love it. And you won't be sitting around fifteen or so years later wishing you had gone to St. Moritz.
6 years agoHi David - thanks for your note. Fortunately we did not have to go through Flims as our day was demanding enough following the Oberalp pass the day before. We did consider taking the road for one section to get off the gravel trail but wisely took the official route. We rode the rails today which also s wise decision. It was 6 degrees C today in St Moritz.
Keith
Kathleen and Keith,
You've got us all scrambling back to our ancient journals. Maun and I did a modified version of this ride in 2001. I don't know what kind of camera we had then but we certainly didn't take many pictures.
We couldn't ride on the path either because of rain. We ended up on the road and the hardest climb I've ever done. I don't remember the route but I do remember the names Ilanz and Flims. It was ten years post heart attack for me and I was taking lots of medicine in order to avoid the surgeon. This included a beta blocker that limited my heart rate to exactly 110 at which point I would simply have to stop. Led to a lot of walking.
Re St. Moritz: There is an afterword in that journal entry saying what a mistake it was not to go to St. Moritz (and Davos). In the meantime we are looking forward to wherever you go next.
Kathleen and Keith,
You've got us all scrambling back to our ancient journals. Maun and I did a modified version of this ride in 2001. I don't know what kind of camera we had then but we certainly didn't take many pictures.
We couldn't ride on the path either because of rain. We ended up on the road and the hardest climb I've ever done. I don't remember the route but I do remember the names Ilanz and Flims. It was ten years post heart attack for me and I was taking lots of medicine in order to avoid the surgeon. This included a beta blocker that limited my heart rate to exactly 110 at which point I would simply have to stop. Led to a lot of walking.
Re St. Moritz: There is an afterword in that journal entry saying what a mistake it was not to go to St. Moritz (and Davos). In the meantime we are looking forward to wherever you go next.
Thanks, Steve, for finding this. I don't remember ever learning about this ever. I wonder if Switzerland had something similar to help people financially during that period.
6 years agoThat is exactly what I was finding. More research to be done. Last night I fell asleep at 8:30 PM 😜. I am not sure why I was so tired. We are just back from the train station and have decided on a train to Zernez. This weather isn’t going to improve!
6 years agoI don’t think even our rain gear will cut it today. Silly weather! Still, we should make it to the train station without being soaked to our underwear hehe. It is only a few hundred meters away.
6 years agoThat is such a great way to put it. The show will certainly go on today, but most likely on a train. It is just pouring. The disappointment is the scenery, and we can’t see it. It isn’t forecast to end for over a week, so we might as well move on. We feel so lucky to have had those first few days of perfect weather.
6 years agoA weird part is that you are at least 30 km from the Austrian border, and there is no indication that Switzerland also had one of these RAD deals.
6 years agoWikipedia chips in this:
"The Reich Labour Service (Reichsarbeitsdienst; RAD) was a major organisation established in Nazi Germany as an agency to help mitigate the effects of unemployment on the German economy, militarise the workforce and indoctrinate it with Nazi ideology. It was the official state labour service, divided into separate sections for men and women.
From June 1935 onward, men aged between 18 and 25 had to serve six months before their military service. During World War II compulsory service also included young women and the RAD developed to an auxiliary formation which provided support for the Wehrmacht armed forces."
"RAD members were to provide service for mainly military and to a lesser extent civic and agricultural construction projects."
Hi Kathleen,
6 years agoAs fellow Vancouver Islanders, we are enjoying your blog. We are also riding in Europe, trying to deal with the weather. We are in the Dolomites right now. Last Friday, leaving from Innsbruck, we got totally drenched, so we took the train on Saturday. Sunday was not too bad, so we rode a short ways. This morning it looked like we would have a window of sunshine, so we rode from Dobbiaco to Cortina, and were rewarded with glorious sunshine and stunning views of the mountains. It was definitely worth hanging around a bit to see the Dolomites.
Wendy Beaudoin