The sun was there as well, in St. Moritz, however the temperatures on Saturday and Sunday in the picturesque winter scenery were slightly lower than in Bombay the day before. It was planned to be a bigger circle of fellow members from the Swiss Chapter of EO, but it ended up being a strongly bonding weekend among few good friends of the “India Connection” in one of Europe’s most beautiful skiing-resorts.
Actually, Vikram & Namrata Shroff had come over from Bombay for just an extended weekened and got their debut on skis and seemed to enjoy their first lessons a lot. All legs still intact, and in the evenings their hunger for good genuine Swiss food proved that they had worked hard on the slope during the day. And funnily, when we entered this restaurant Chesa Veglia at 8 pm, Claudia Schiffer, her family and a nanny just left, obviously to bring the kids to bed.
The weather was stunning, what seems to be the norm with 322 sunny days of which St. Moritz statistically boasts each year. Here I made a picture of our two ladies (not “in da house” as usually), but “on da slope” in front of the ski-bar: Left Steffi Panzer, a schoolfriend of mine from 1st grade (!) and now head physician (radiology) at the Murnau Trauma Clinic, and at the right Anju Rupal, a good friend from the EO Chapter Switzerland. Don’t they look beautiful and cool in front of all the empty champagne bottles (which they, by the way, did not drink all alone ;-)
Anju is an amazing person: A fast and sportive skier where I had a hard time following on the slope. I am sure that she is the best Indian, no, rather Asian on skis. And besides, a genuine socialite who conveys a unique mix of poshness, humour and warm-hearted personality.
In the nutshell, an unforgettable weekend which almost had extended unintentionally. There had been so much fresh snow last night of around 30 cm so that the outbound traffic of St. Moritz had come almost to a standstill today in the morning. Too bad that the call for duty prevailed, though …
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