Grand Finale - Wine Heaven

This is a wine tower 4 stories high containing 4 thousand bottles of wine from 14 countries, situated in the the hotel lobby surrounded by restaurants. When you order a bottle at your table, a wine angel goes up in a trapeze, performs acrobatics, smiles, does a somersault or two and then appears at your table in little feathery wings with your chosen bottle of wine. We had wide eyes and open mouths watching and must have looked like we were from boonyville. Well, now I know why people go to Las Vegas for grand spectacles. There is a wine tower in Vegas. This one is at the Radisson Bleu hotel in Zurich with access to our return flight home via hotel escalator. And more ski pics of Oona up high with grandad.
~I~

The Horse's Mouth

On our last bright sunny day we went for a lovely horse and buggy ride to the village of Zug. On our return Sonja and Kiefer stroked the muzzle of this horse with the ears back. All of a sudden the horse chomped down on Kiefer's hand. Sonja tugged, Kiefer wailed, I shreiked and Allan jammed his fist into the horse's mouth until it released. Kiefer's fingers were slightly abraded. The owner very nonchalantly said, "Oh, my horse was hungry for an apple." Yeah right!!!!

The View

Kiefer looks out on this view of the Arlberg ski area from his wooden sled. There is a new sport -sledding from the top of the mountain on runs-for-sleds-only. You brake with your boot clad feet. Sonja and Alex are very good at going down with the kids. Kiefer says"again" at the bottom and up they go in the cable car. The sculpture on the hill is by British artist Anthony Gormley. The figures are all over the place and look eerily real from the chair.
And here is Kiefer in training at the bar with grandad. ~I~