My wife was so supercute and came up with the idea of me going to the Swiss Mountains for an extended weekend. So Wednesday evening I drove with our friend Carola to Crans-Montana. Thursday we had a very nice day on the tracks and enjoyed the really good snow and the emptiness because it was still off season. For dinner we cooked some juicy lamb racks and pork filet and enjoyed this together with a delicious tomato rice from Susanna and crisp knollenziest we got from the Spezberger-Farm.

On Friday it snowed a lot and so we went for a long walk in the snow very steep uphill to burn some calories so we could the upcoming gourmet dinner without a too bad conscience

We went for dinner to Didier de Courten in Sierre. He was the Gault Millau cook of the year 2008 and is now in the highest league of only 8 restaurants that have 19 Gault Millau points. So we had really high expectations that were more than fulfilled. We had one of the most amazing dinners and everything was just perfect and to our big surprise the prices were about 30% lower then what you would normally pay in such a restaurant. Here just one photo of an starter (scallop).

We were also amazed that most wines he had on the menu were from Valais and all the wines the sommelier recommended us were of exceptional quality.

Next day the weather was again better and there was lots of fresh powder. So we could enjoy several very nice runs in deep deep snow.

After skiing we went to Carola’s cousin for aperitif and enjoyed some really delicious dried meat, sausage and cheese from Valais. Afterwards we went back to Carola’s place and prepared a fondue with cheese she bought in Gruyere.

Today we had again huge luck with the us being above the fog and enjoying the great snow and sun. I’m so thankful for having such a great time together with our dear friend Carola, especially because she’s going to leave us again soon (she has an assignment with “Médecins Sans Frontières” to Tahiti).