Davos, Switzerland

Unfortunately, Matt's birthday got pushed aside due to the NBA's London Games but we did get a chance to go away for a 4-day weekend skiing in Switzerland...and judging the above picture, I don't think he can really complain! We flew into Zurich and took a beautiful train ride into Davos.  Davos is divided into two parts - Davos Dorf and Davos Platz.  We chose to stay in Davos Dorf which is the smaller of the two and which proved to be just fine for us as our favorite restaurant (Paulener's) was right outside of our hotel and so were the ski lifts to the top of the mountain.

Neither of us had ever skied the Alps so we got up early the next day to take advantage of the gorgeous weather.  We got to the top of the mountain and Molly took one look at the sign, "Weissfluhjoch 2663 meters".  Not one who is quick to convert the metric system, she became panicked when she realized that was equivalent to 8,736 FEET! (thanks Google!)  Matt kept telling her it was ok to take the lift back down but when she saw a 4 year old jump off and head down the mountain, she got the courage to go down too (albeit mostly on her butt!).  At one point, two Germans helped her up and asked, "why are you skiing alone if you're a beginner?" (the beginner thing was quite obvious)  To which she had to answer that her boyfriend was far ahead taking pictures of her falling down.  Don't think that translated well....

After a few runs (Matt had a few more than Mols), we retired to one of the best places either of us had ever been to in our lives - a bar overlooking the Alps.  After a few Erdingers, we headed back home for a nap!  The next day, Matt skied again while Molly met him at the top of the mountain for lunch.  The views were amazing.  Our final day there, we both decided to walk into Davos Platz instead of skiing again.  We had terrific weather and were just so impressed with how beautiful everything was there.  We definitely wish the Alps could be our destination every winter from now on!

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