19 March 2018

Retreat, Switzerland


Wake up to more snow ...  coupled with light drizzle..  As we had to move out of the apartment, and we finally had a message (11:30pm the night before) we packed up and had our final inspection..  then came the argument over the payment ..  how much had we already paid (actually nothing but there had been a test authorization against the credit card), together with the discussion that the web site says "cards allowed" but the agent insisting on cash ..  the only receipt we got was a text message .. so I assume there is some creative accounting going on here around tax!

Anyway once that had settled and we had checked out the Disentis and Sedrun ski areas ... Also the weather for the next day was the same as today. Add in the avalanches we had seen already meant we needed some serious frost before the hills would be safe to roam .. it was time to head home.
A last visit to the apartment to change and a final argument with the owner over payment, we were both wrong, but all could have been avoided if contact had been made the fist day.
Setting off home ...  a long drive in one hit, we had to exit Switzerland as the apartment charges had cleaned us out of Swiss Francs.
Stops for lunch (a baguette) and dinner (steak frites) and we were queuing for the 22:00 ferry.

Having bitten the bullet and got a flexible ticket we did not have surcharges this time ... and we could get into the "club lounge" only 2 others in there and free tea/ coffee and crisps/ etc. we made the most of it.
Home around 1am ... with just the clean up to follow.