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Switzerland: Graubünden Ski Weekend (Day 1)

Posted on March 6, 2017 | Leave a comment

Allegra (Hello)!

Perfect Timing

Flight to Zurich with SWISS airline, then a train and bus to Lenzerheide with a Swiss precision and I really enjoy it! From Brussels center to the hotel in Lenzerheide, it takes more than half a daytime in transportation.

Stunning landscapes and pure air: a real change of scenery, the Swiss Alps (first picture of the post). Welcome to the Graubûnden! In the early afternoon, we arrive at the cozy Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide, ideally located opposite the bus station in the center of the village. 

The sun plays hide and seek. What a pleasure to discover my vast bedroom! As always, I didn’t sleep the day before my trip. The bed looks so comfortable … Neat simple interior design, I feel like in a nice cocoon with a panoramique mountain view from my balcony (below pictures).

  

The Scalottas Terroir

  

Gourmet Dinner

For this first evening: a 5-course tasting menu dinner at the Scalottas Terroir, elaborated with local high quality products. The restaurant is a 5 minute walk and belongs to the owners of the hotel. Forget the high heels, wear after-ski boots to go to the restaurant. LOL! My little team was really entertained when I arrived at the hotel reception desk in high heels!

Left picture above: our table nicely set up in the “Mountain Pine Parlour”. The atmosphere is cozy (thanks to Simone, our super waitress!) and the concept is based in slow food. The restaurant selects its ingredients at local producers concerned about sustainable development.

Since I don’t eat meat except chicken, I had a slightly different menu. Let’s say a (chicken) version of the menu dishes (below pictures):

a Grisons tartar duet (with une brioche de pomme de terre), Mountain pine soup (composed with apple raviolis), Swiss egg (poched egg with patatoe, cabbage, waffle and Andeerer Grantit cheese foam) and Highland ox duet. The dessert (a mix of sorbet and fruit pie) is also delicious. To be continue …

Photos : © Mademoiselle Le K – Tous droits réservés

Informations  

Graubünden Ferien, Lenzerheide, Arosa, SWISS, Swiss Travel System (STS), Switzerland Tourism, Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide & Scalottas Terroir 

Related posts : DESTINATIONS & HOTEL REVIEWS

Many thanks to the Graubünden Ferien, Lenzerhaide, Arosa, Switzerland Tourism, SWISS and Swiss Travel System (STS) for this beautiful invitation. As always, these are my opinions.

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Suisse: week-end ski aux Grisons (J1)

Posted on March 5, 2017 | Leave a comment

Allegra (bonjour)!

Timing parfait

Vol pour Zurich avec la compagnie SWISS, suivi d’un train et d’un bus pour Lenzerheide, d’une ponctualité toute suisse et ça fait un bien fou! De Bruxelles centre à l’hôtel, il faut compter plus d’une demie-journée de transport.

Les paysages sont superbes, l’air vivifiant : les Alpes autrement (première photo du post). Bienvenue aux Grisons : un vrai dépaysement! Nous arrivons en début d’après-midi au très douillet Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide, idéalement situé face à la station de bus, au centre du village.

Le soleil joue à cache-cache. Quel plaisir en découvrant ma vaste chambre! Comme toujours je n’ai pas dormi la veille de mon voyage et le lit a l’air tellement confortable… Décoration à la fois simple et soignée : un agréable cocon avec une vue XXL sur les sommets depuis mon balcon (photos ci-dessous)! 

  

Le Scalottas Terroir

  

Dîner gourmet

Au programme de cette première soirée : un dîner dégustation de 5 plats au Scalottas Terroir, à base de produits locaux de qualité. Le restaurant qui est à 5 minutes à pied, appartient aux propriétaires de l’hôtel. On oublie les hauts talons, ce sera des après ski pour aller au restaurant, LOL! Ma petite équipe était très amusée quand je suis descendue de ma chambre une première fois, en hauts talons!

Photo de gauche ci-dessus : notre table joliment dressée dans la salle du “Mountain Pine Parlour”. L’ambiance accueillante et cosy (merci à Simone, notre super serveuse!) et concept slow food. Le restaurant s’approvisionne chez des producteurs de la région, ayant le soucis d’une production en accord avec la nature et de développement durable.

Comme je ne mange pas de viande à l’exception du poulet, j’ai eu un menu légèrement différent. Nous dirons une adaptation (au poulet) des plats de la carte (photos ci-dessous) :

un tartar des Grisons (avec une brioche de pomme de terre), une soupe de pin des montagnes (composée de raviolis de pomme), un oeuf suisse (un oeuf poché avec de la pomme de terre, du chou, une gaufre et la mousse du fromage Andeerer Grantit) et du “boeuf” des hautes terres. Le dessert est tout aussi goûteux (sorbet et tarte). A suivre…

Photos : © Mademoiselle Le K – Tous droits réservés

Informations  

Graubünden Ferien, Ferienregion Lenzerheide, Aros Tourism, SWISS, Swiss Travel System (STS), Switzerland Tourism, Hotel Schweizerhof Lenzerheide & Scalottas Terroir 

Autres articles : DESTINATIONS & HOTEL REVIEWS

Un grand merci au Graubünden Ferien, Ferienregion Lenzerhaide, Arosa Tourism, Switzerland Tourism, SWISS et Swiss Travel System (STS) pour cette superbe invitation. Comme toujours, ce sont mes opinions.

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Portugal, Madeira: 24 Hours in Funchal

Posted on October 20, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Funchal Express 

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Dinner at the Design Center Nini Andrade Silva  

Arrival in Funchal: just down from the Ferry (from Porto Santo), I am facing the entrance of the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, located at the end of the dock (photo 1 of the photo-montage above). I’d visited the building with the interior designer Nini Andrade Silva, during the work. What a surprise to now discover the different spaces with her iconic design furnitures and items! Awesome!

I really like the outdoor café (first photo of the post and photo below) and the black and white graphic restaurant with a 360 degree view, of the ocean and Funchal (photo-montage above). The atmosphere is really nice with a tasty cuisine and friendly team. My only downside: I look like a scarecrow after my long outdoors day in Porto Santo, plus the ferry over for more than two hours (lol)!

And my camera has no more battery, bad! Fortunately I Bob (Marley) saved me! There is live music in one of the spaces (videos below) and I feel more relaxed. An island without Bob is no longer an island, right?

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Breakfast at the Meliá

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Oops, It’s Public Holiday!

Slow wake-up and breakfast at the Meliá Madeira Mare. I planned checking out cool shops of local designers for you (and me!). But everything is closed. So I comfortably lay near the swimming pool facing the ocean. Then I will have a lunch at The Vine and a guided tour of the historical center of Funchal.

Lunch at the Uva Restaurant

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The Return

I go to The Vine, another hotel designed by Nini Andrade Silva. I’ll end up to know all of them at least in Portugal (lol)! During the Festival do Atlantico, I had dinner at the excellent Uva Restaurant & Wine Bar (with a French chef) and then we watched the beautiful fireworks on the terrace.

Once more, the restaurant kept its promises. Great lunch! The food looks like paintings! Everything is delicious and the service is impeccable. I really enjoy the soothing views of the city and harbor. It feels good. The Vine and the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, are my two favorite places in Funchal!

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The Walk in the Historical Center

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More and Less Two Hours

before leaving the city to the Cristiano Ronaldo airport. So I joined one of the guides of History Tellers (an initiative of the University of Madeira Students’ Union (AAUMa). They offer “circuits through the history of Madeira”. In addition to learn about Madeira, you will help students struggling financially.

I’ve already visited the historical center. But I have fun to rediscover it with a “documented eye”. Last time, I didn’t notice some doors and facades cafés in (or near) Santa Maria street, like the ones below. Pictured right: the famous Rainha do Fado,Amália Rodrigues. To read my previous articles on Funchal and Madeira, click HERE. 

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Photos: © Mademoiselle Le K – Tous droits réservés.

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Visit Madeira, Visit Portugal, Design Centre Nini Andrade, The Vine, Meliá Madeira Mare & History Tellers 

Related posts: HOTEL REVIEWS  &  DESTINATIONS

Many thanks to Visit Madeira and Visit Portugal for this beautiful invitation. Thanks also to the teams of the Design Centre Nini Andrade Silva, The Vine Hotel and Meliá Madeira Mare. As always these are my opinions.

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