Today, I hit the slopes in St. Mortiz. I was trying to go to Corviglia, the closest hill to my hostel, but I got lost on the bus and ended up one town over at Corvatsch. I was worried, since I didn't know the trails and I was by myself.
On the way up on the gondola, I heard some people speaking English (pretty rare here), so I asked if I could tag along with them for the first run. It turned out, they are researchers from SickKids here for a conference. They had already been skiing for 3 days, so they showed me the best runs and helped me get my bearings. In one of the glade runs, I got lucky and found a 100 Euro bill on top of the snow!
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| Top of Corvatsch ski area, 3303m altitude. |
After lunch, I headed back out on my own, did a few more runs ant Corvatsch and ended my day back at Corviglia.
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| Selfie with the Alps in the backgound. |
I went to the local co-op grocery store to grab dinner. Luckily, grocery prices aren't as high as restauraunt prices here. There are some foods (cheese, nutella, yogurt) that seem to be cheaper here than at home. Whenever we travel, Pat always likes to check out the alcohol prices. Beer seems to be somewhat cheaper here than home, with the cheapest one I saw 24 500mL cans of "Ankor" for 12 Francs (about $14.50 CDN). Imports like Corona seemed pricey, at 15.50 Francs for 6 bottles of Corona.
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