St Moritz/White Turf

We traveled to St Moritz in the Engadin region of Switzerland to see the famous horse races on the lake. It was a spectacular cold, sunny day. The train ride was an adventure of its own as the tracks wind through and around the mountains. For part of the trip we sat in the panoramic car with huge windows for the best viewing of the scenery. The horse races were quite an experience! They had to shorten most of them to 800m because of track conditions, but it was still thrilling to see the horses flying down the straightaway. The most interesting and unique race was the skikjoring where people ski in their downhill skis behind the horses as they run at full speed 2 times around the track. It looked like you had to be crazy to try it. St Moritz is filled with glamorous people in fur coats, boots and hats, so it was entertaining to people watch at the races. Leif and Hanna sat in the front seat of a Rolls Royce Phantom- there were even stars on the ceiling. On the train ride home, we overheard Elisabet pretending to have a cell phone conversation with someone and she said "oh, I'm sorry I'm busy, I have to go ride my horse in a race right now".