On Feb 5 the ophthalmology had a ski day to Davos, while the University tested their emergency electricity equipment. It was great fun getting to know the people in the department. Davos is where the world economic summit was earlier in the year. We went to the summit of the ski area and had tea. The alps were beautiful, but it was VERY windy.
Professor Klara Landau, Chair of Ophthalmology and I cross-country skied (langlaufen) lower down.
A special treat was going to Schatzalp--this is high up over Davos and you reach it by train. The Berghof Hotel stand there; it was not always a hotel and it started out as a sanatorium for Tuberculosis. Thomas Mann visited there and was inspired to write his great novel, Magic Mountain (Zauberer Burg).
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