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Skate & Rail Ultra 2012      Day 5     1 August

S-Chanf (CHE) - Sion (CHE), 8 km

On skates: S-Chanf - La Punt Chamues. 8 km
By train:    La Punt Chamues - Sion

Skate & Rail Ultra 2012, route map made by Michael Seitz.
Map used by courtesy of Michael Seitz.


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"Schlaf im Stroh" at Hof Gabriel in S-Chanf. Berore sunrise the temperature was 3° C.

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"Schlaf im Stroh" at Hof Gabriel in S-Chanf (above).

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Breakfast at Hof Gabriel "Schlaf im Stroh" in S-Chanf.

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Passing the golf course Zuoz-Madulain, one of the highest situated golf courses in Europe.

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It is only 8.08 am and we have already finished the skating for today (8 km). The rest of the day we went by train.

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Waiting for the Glacier Express in Samedan.

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9.27 am, entering the Glacier Express in Samedan.

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Read about Heidi. (By the way, the cup is filled with tea.)
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The youth hostel in Sion.

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In Sion Linda and Urs had arranged that a friend of theirs came to perform alphorn for us. Magic!

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Sheet music "Also blus das Alphorn heut" that Brahms wrote on a post card in 1868.

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Time for next surprise!

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Here is a video showing how hang is played.
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This was really a magic evening!

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Alphorn minus bell = didgeridoo. And Armin knew how to play it!

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Sion.

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Dinner.

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On the main square in Sion we watched the Swiss national day being celebrated.

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