Awoke just before I was blown off the mountain. Coasted down the valley with a very strong wind behind me. Arrived in Schattdorf at noon. Mrs Gisler took me in. I had some food and then Robert's brother came by. He speaks English so I got my message out. Wrote and read all afternoon. Robert came home at 7:30, we went out for a drink that night.
Mileage: Andermatt to Schattdorf 40 km
Expenses .25
Ambros Gisler-Aschwanden
z.a. Schurzenhaus
6467 Schattdorf Uri
Switzerland
After breakfast I finished some letters and reading the National Geographics. I left Dr. Seiler's after 11. Loaded my bike on the train and left Chur at 11:37. Climbed up the beautiful young Rhine to Disintis, where I had a two hour layover. Left at 3:40 on the narrow gauge rail and we climbed high over the Oberalp Pass and pulled down into Andermatt at 5:30. It was too late to cycle on to Shattdorf so I tried the youth hostel in Goschenen and found it was closed. So I put up off the road outside of town. A strong wind blew up that night and continued on the next day.
[The Oberalp Pass marks the eastern border of the Uri Canton of Switzerland. This is the home of the legendary William Tell.]
Train expenses 15 SF
Awoke just before I was blown off the mountain. Coasted down the valley with a very strong wind behind me. Arrived in Schattdorf at noon. Mrs Gisler took me in. I had some food and then Robert's brother came by. He speaks English so I got my message out. Wrote and read all afternoon. Robert came home at 7:30, we went out for a drink that night.
