europe un(lish)ed: skiing the alps: part two

We spent the last days of February in Switzerland with our buddies, Flo and Steven, whom I have mentioned on here before (so they get no back story). For any of you that have visited Switzerland before, I will be preaching to the choir. For those of you whom have never experienced this country, holy shit it's expensive. Therefore, while we (moderately) balled out with our German Mercedes rental car, we stayed in bunk beds at the hotel. However, I will note that our hotel was at the foot of the mountain and had a "club" in the basement so it was totally worth the $250 per night. We had brought a bunch of our own alcohol from Germany because we are no dummies, so we spent the first night of our trip drinking wine, beer, and scotch around the hotel's pool table while listening to 90s rap before heading downstairs to the "club." The entrance fee plus one round of shots and beers for four people quickly used up the 100 francs we had taken out at the ATM. After "trancing out" for about an hour or so, we called it quits to get a decent night's sleep in our bunk beds before hitting the slopes the next morning.

What happened next can only be described as some of the most awesome two days of skiing I have ever experienced. After two days, we did not even come close to trying all of the various lifts, let alone all of the runs. Did I mention that this ski resort essentially connects three towns, Flims-Laax-Falera? It was enormous. We lucked out with some awesome weather as well, so despite skiing with mild hangovers on both days, it was a supremely fantastic weekend. Now let's enjoy some photos!

Day 1 - Saturday, February 28 (cell phone quality, sorry):

Ski lift selfie

Oh yeah, did I mention that Steven broke his board on one of the first runs of Day 1? He skied on it for most of the day before renting another board for the rest of the weekend.