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Kerry<br />

Kennedy<br />

”Welcome to St. Moritz, where Heaven is a local call.”<br />

That’s how we were greeted by Hans Wiedemann,<br />

the General Manager of Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, and<br />

truer words were never spoken. Fly<strong>in</strong>g over fields<br />

and farms, guided by the magnificent Rh<strong>in</strong>e, we had<br />

the perfect <strong>in</strong>troduction to the beauty of St. Moritz -<br />

the jewel of the Alps.<br />

The Badrutt’s Palace Hotel is known worldwide as<br />

one of the greatest hotels on earth, and I know why.<br />

I have never been so well treated, day after day, by<br />

every member of a hotel staff. Every time I asked<br />

where someplace was, I was answered with an offer<br />

to take me there. We spent eight days at the Badrutt’s<br />

Palace Hotel with six children and four adults. I don’t<br />

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th<strong>in</strong>k we heard the word “no” the entire time. Each day<br />

we skied from ten till four, and the kids couldn’t wait<br />

to strip off their parkas and go for a nice, long swim,<br />

<strong>in</strong>doors and out. I loved the pools, the steams, the<br />

sauna, and just relax<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> my room. It was magical.<br />

The Gala presentation of the St. Moritz Award was<br />

the highlight of the trip, and I was so very honored<br />

and proud to share it with my family and friends, old<br />

and new. President Adolf Ogi delivered <strong>in</strong>spir<strong>in</strong>g remarks,<br />

and one of the greatest <strong>liv<strong>in</strong>g</strong> artists, Arnoldo<br />

Pomodoro, created a magnificent orig<strong>in</strong>al sculpture<br />

to commemorate the event. With all its pomp, the<br />

Gala will not be forgotten. Still, the rest of the week<br />

was also unforgettably beautiful and luxurious,

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