Skiing in Davos

Over MLK weekend, Brian and I met our friends Jeremy and Katie in Davos, Switzerland for a fun weekend of skiing! We left Frankfurt on Thursday after work and drove to Bregenz, which set us up for an easy drive on Friday morning to Davos. We love breaking up the drive if we can so that we can enjoy the mountainous view during the day. We arrived in Davos around 11 and checked into our hotel.

Funny story - we checked into what we thought was our hotel and went upstairs to drop off our bags, but our key didn't work. So we went back down to the desk to find out there were actually two different hotels (one four-star and one three-star), and we were apparently supposed to be on the three-star side, even though the website only showed pictures of the four-star portion. Kick in Brian's great negotiating! We honestly wouldn't have minded staying in the other side, but we do not like to be dooped. So Bri convinced the front desk to give us and our friends rooms in the four-star hotel for the three-star price!

Brian showing how FABulous the room was :) He cracks me up

I loved the fur - couldn't ever pull it off in my room, but it's nice for a ski vacation!

And the bathroom...ooooh, the bathroom was so pretty

So after negotiating, moving rooms, etc, we decided to rent our skis, buy some beer, relax on our balcony, and watch some really impressive skiers (most of whom were under the age of 15) do jumps and tricks in the half-pipe. When Jeremy and Katie were finished with their first day of skiing, we met up with them for happy hour at the base of the mountain.

Our little slice of Davos heaven

After happy hour, we went to dinner at our hotel and had fondue. It was a great first day in Switzerland!

The next four days basically consisted of the following fun: We met Jeremy and Katie for an early breakfast each morning, and then we would hit the slopes! The weather was perfect every day - sunny and warm - crazy weather for early January. And to top off the perfect ski weather, the snow was awesome! Every day, we skied non-stop until we were too hungry to keep going, and then we'd stop on the mountain for lunch with a view.

We ate at this restaurant the first day

This little place had the best grilled sausage and fries I've ever had on a mountain

Another fun lunch spot

After lunch, we'd keep skiing until our legs were ready to fall off, and we'd celebrate a successful day at happy hour.

Nothing like a hot gluhwein, whiskey coffee, or schoomly floomly (hahaha - a Swiss coffee/plum schnapps drink) on the mountain!

Then we'd clean ourselves up and dig into a delicious dinner at our hotel.

We had a great time hanging out with Jeremy and Katie - they're a really fun, sweet couple, and they're great skiers! I was definitely the slowest of the bunch, but they never complained about having to wait on me :) We hope to plan another ski trip with them soon! Here are some other pictures from the weekend: