Celebration #3...... Ticino, CH

So after some great times in the CH (Lenzerheide) and the USU (Brooklyn and FL) KK and I arrange a nice celebration in CH with our Euro friends. The week started with a visit from Becks (KK friend: USA) and Wendy (Becks friend: USA). They stayed with us in GE until it was time to head off to Ticino. On Friday night we met up with Pedro (GG/KK friend: Portugal), Paul (GG/KK friend: UK), and Tanya (GG/KK friend: Russia) in Brig. That night we grabbed some grub and few beers in Brig before retiring for the night.

Saturday we work up and headed towards Bellinzona over the Simplon pass into IT and then back into CH.





We arrived in Bellinzona around 2ish and headed to the train station to get Amy (KK friend: USA), Krista (KK friend: USA), and A; (GG/KK friend: USA/CH). After a quick pick up we arrived at Montecarasso Telecabinein about 30c heat ready to get some food and see our digs for the next few days. We were staying at the Curzutt hostel which is 1 stop up the Telecabine. So after working in my best Italian I sorted the tickets and it was off!


So after a self serve 10 minute ride we unpacked the bucket...Al on the edge!


After a quick 5 minute walk we met Salvador and arranged the rooms. KK and I rented the whole place so it was like our private playground for the weekend with our friends.
Our cook and guide Salvador:


About 5 minutes after we got to the resort Salvador was ready to serve a great lunch!

...about 20 minutes into lunch Alex (KK friend: USA/UK) and Yuliana (KK/Alex friend: Russia) called from the bottom and headed to join the party.

The next call was from Jen (GG/KK friend: USA/CH), Tam (GG/KK friend: USA/CH), Jay, (GG/KK friend: USA/CH) and Tom (GG/KK friend: USA/CH). ...and they were ready to party!


After a little food (I actually mean enough to feed a small army) we decided to take a walk to the nearby mountain church. Salvador gave us the key and we were off:






After a nice hike we came back to the hostel and chilled, relaxed, and enjoyed the local wine!


...by the time we knew it...food was arriving again! The dinner started with a Lasagna and then some nice sauted beef and potatoes.
Our dinning room:

Course 1:

Course 2:


..the crew!


...dining room dusk:

..a few speaches....



..and lots of wine!...dining room sunset:


..and some local schnapps:


..and some dancing:


...and some zipline (a fan favorite):

(Mom and we burned the wreathe):

...and a little late night Telecabine.....(so I forgot to tell you this is a 24 hour Telecabine)


KK and I retired early but the "kids" stayed up lat and partied the night away until about 4.

The next day after a nice b-fast we headed to the top for a little hike and lunch. Waiting for the bucket:


...chilling on the hike:

top view:



Juri (the MAN of Curzutt) set us up with a nice lunch of Polenta and Beef at the top cafe:

Juri met us up a the top to say hello and share a beer with us. Thank you again Juri..the place and arrangements were PERFECT!

After another great meal we hike back down to Curzutt about 800M.



..on the way we ran into a the mountain horses...looks like life is tough in CH!



...and on upon arrival we had some other guest:

After a nice nap we had a few beer and then dinner was served...these Swiss sure know how to do it!!
Course 1:

Course 2:

Dinner was great and then we danced and had a blast on a beautiful June evening in TI!

Noice!

the night ended with some stargazing (I saw two shooting stars).
The next AM the crew was a little worse for wear but it was time to go home. We left Curzutt around 1 and headed back to GE. We dropped some people off at the train stations and then over the Nufenen Pass back to GE.



On the way we grabbed some sandwiches and had a picnic.


KK and I arrived home that night around 630 talking about the next time we can throw a party in Curzutt. Thanks to all the friends who came out from around the world.