To fullfil my Christmas wish "a lot of snow", Fabian´s X-Mas present was a night in an iglu. So we booked a night in the Romantik Plus Iglu in the Iglu Village in Davos at 2600 metres high.
Arriving with the cablecar at around 16.00 we did a short walk to the Iglu village with our guide and about 12 other Iglu guests. The evening consisted of some Swiss Fondue, a night snowshoe walk and also going to the Sauna (yes! there was a Sauna in two old small road vehicles).
Everything was pretty exiting and it was fascinating how your body adapts quickly. Entering the main Iglu everything seems to be deep dark. All Iglus are lit with candles though and after a little while your eyes adapted and you could easily see everything and even read inside. The temperature in the iglus was between -2 and 0 degrees. Keeping yourself warm with a lot of tea and Glühwein and of course with lots of warm ski clothes you could easily sit, stand and eat in there. You were not freezing.
In the Romatink Iglu Plus you not only had an iglu for your own and a huge double sleepbag on a snow podest as well as loads of snow hearts and all around you, no you also had your own toilet ;)
A bottle of champage and a small Apero were waiting to be eaten by us in our iglu as well as some small pieces of toblerone, cookies, a tiny bottle of wodka, fishermen friends and a condom (hmmm what do the iglu owners think you go to an Iglu for ;) .... - we of course did not even consider about his before *grins* ).
The Swiss Fondue was nice and then the Snowshoe walk was even better. It had cleared up and you could see the stars and moon above you. Quietness surrounding you and the sounds of the snow under your shoes..
The best however definitly was the Sauna. After a great "Aufguss" you just walk outside into the snow - naked of course - it does not feel cold. And there are you on 2600 metres, at nearly midnight, the dark Alps Panorama in front of you, the stars and moon above you and you just feel real. What an experience!!!
Warmed up we then climbed in your sleeping bags in our pyjamas.. (you need to go in with as few cothes as possible, as otherwise you just sweat and shiver..) and enjoyed a good sleep in the iglu.
The not so exciting part of the night was that I somehow got the stomach bug in the middle of the night, which seems to go around everywhere at the moment... well let´s say I was glad about our own toilet ...
The next morning we got some hot tea served in our sleeping bags and then left to the mountain restaurant for breakfast. The view on this gorgous day was stunning!
See yourself now...
(ps. if you think in the iglu the snow was a bit black sometimes, you are right. It was definitly the end of the season for the iglu and lighting an iglu village with only candles leaves its marks -> therefore the black spots. You could not see this in candle light only when you use the flash in the camera).
