Paradise

What a beautiful day in St Moritz today after a day and a half of heavy snow.

The fresh new layer seems to have back lit the whole area. Steve and I sat outside for a snack lunch in baking hot sunshine which is such a contradiction to the huge mounds of fresh snow everywhere. My love of this lovely place prompted my today’s verses. Feel free to pass them on to anybody that might make a donation to the Childrens charity I have been banging on about.

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This Side of Paradise….. St Moritz 

For over three decades our winter sports destination

And we have tried many others, of that be assured

The Upper Engadine valley a Shangri-La location

And in architectural style immaculately matured 

My love and I first visited as skiers on vacation

By every ski lift, to blue, red and black route lured

Our hearts stop at the grandeur of mountain formation

Our skis outside Swiss chalet style cafes are moored 

Horse racing, polo, sleigh rides make a fine rotation

If to energetic ski-ing your thought are obscured

All on a frozen lake, the St Moritz re-incarnation

Any lust for the brilliantly bizarre immediately cured 

Olympia Bob Run, strangely born of British gestation

Now international participation is firmly secured

The worlds best sliders, athletes from every nation

Now even from Panama a team of four procured 

What alternative is there for your soul’s elation?

Eating regional food out, is for pleasure endured

Or night clubs galore for a holiday flirtation

This side of paradise, walks breathtakingly toured