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2016-10-08: Travel to Pontresina

    We are leaving Appenzell and heading to Pontresina. We have not stayed in Pontresina before but have stayed in Preda and taken the train to Pontresina-area activities. We’ll see how it is to stay on this side of the mountain.

    The weather is gloomy but we are still quite ready to enjoy our last breakfast at Hotel Alpenblick. It’s raining while we wait for the train. We see some great views on the train to Grossau to Chur to … then to Surovas. Hotel Walther is under renovations so we have been moved to Hotel Steinbeck. The walk to the hotel is a nice hike. We check in, get our cool keys, and find our rooms. One room looks like it should be a servants quarters because the door is off the lounge area. But the room and views are nice.

    We head out for the short hike to the Morteratsch Glacier, by way of the train. The walk and glacier were beautiful. The weather got frigid! The glacier has receded more since we were here last time. We did not take the hike up the mountain to Boval Hütte we have taken in previous years.

    We took the train back to Surovas, then the hotel, and ate dinner. It was interesting. This area of Switzerland is not quite as super-friendly as the Bernese Oberland or Appenzell areas.