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How I Serendipitously Stumbled Upon a Horse Show in St. Moritz

My first trip to Switzwerland was Epic

I spent a week at a world class, historic luxury spa hotel in Switzerland with my brother. There was no shortage of things to do, and one day I found myself at an international horse show competition at St. Moritz. I can still barely believe this happened.

My brother is addicted to his smartphone. One morning at breakfast in the palatial dining room as we were being waited on by the topmost in Swiss hospitality he downloaded the hotel’s app. He said, “Hey, there’s a free horse show in St. Moritz, do you want to go?” I didn’t have to think about it.

The hotel shuttled us in a luxury car about three miles to St. Moritz. The driver told us in the winter during ski season the same drive would take about three hours because it becomes a slow parade of the rich and famous showing off. We were there in the summer.

The weather was stunningly beautiful. We walked through a magnificent park surrounded by the Swiss alps to get to the show grounds.

There was no entrance fee unless you wanted to sit. I was so excited that I knew I wouldn’t be happy unless I could be comfortable. I wanted to watch the show for longer than I could stand in a crowd. So we bought two tickets for admission…