Sub - Mardens Club

GRANNIES LIKE MARDEN’S WEEK TOO
This is an article in praise of Marden’s week. I am often asked, as a
non-skiing Grandmother, how I fill in the time in Klosters when the
boys are on the ski slopes.
The week begins with a good window-shop and ends with several
purchases, mostly to be hidden away until Christmas-time, but always
with a little “wooden something” from Normi’s shop on the road to
Klosters Dorf.
Food is important. No problem here. A lunch on the terrace at the Alpina, Rösti at the Sports-Centre,
a hotdog on Madrisa, a wonderful walk to Serneus for a rustic lunch (waiting for the bus back can be
a temptation!) and a weekly visit to the Pizzeria where James and Harry take over and tell me what
I am going to eat!
Ah! Walking. I was inveigled into doing a snow-shoe walk on Madrisa. Our leader was Gudrun
Turner,who not only taught us what to do, but gave a very interesting nature-study lesson en route –
en route meaning up and down and round about, seeing Klosters Madrisa from every angle –
including the supine position. Just when further progress seemed impossible, other than by helicopter,
delicious tea and home-made biscuits were produced by Gudrun, amidst promises that the experiment
would be repeated at the earliest opportunity.
To take the train to and fro between the village and Davos and to look out over Selfranga in the
evening light is a beautiful way to “recharge one’s batteries”.
Making friends, enjoying the moment, I always look forward to the Marden’s week. I even have the
T-shirt!
Snow shoe walking 2010
Contact: gudrun@naturerlebnisse.ch www.naturerlebnisse.ch ph:0813321096
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Elma Cathro