Hello, I am looking for English speaking people in the Graubunden area. I live near Chur, Ilanz , Flims etc. How about horse owners? I would love some info on Horse care , and up comming events. I live here in the Alps , and it is verrry lonley up here, would like to meet some nice people

Welcome,

I don't know if there are many members of the forum in the Graubunder area but, if there are, you'll no doubt hear from them.

Good luck with your search.

Hi, welcome to graubunden! I live in Domat/Ems - don't know anything about horses except that there are stables along the side of the road between Ems and Chur.

Kalli

Welcome to EF Kris3n3

we live just over the border from you and have horses (web site below, still working on it), you're welcome to help with the mucking out anytime!

There's also a very good training stable at Lanquart nr Bad Ragaz (not sure of spelling)where our stallion is right now, a guy called Fritz runs it, he looks like a Mexican bandit but is a serious horse whisperer!

Mike

www.aljabalarabians.com

Hello , I have no idea where Domat is. I will look it up. So what brings you to the Graubunden area? and do you like living here. How is your Swiss German comming along. Are you living in a Surselvian Romanish speaking area like me ? I am running a hotel and restraunt,my boyfriend owns the hotel so... if you have any questions in the "food" department I could be of some help, other than that I am lost.
k

There are english speakers lurking around in Graubunden. I myself visit Vals quite often. While almost no-one over 50 speaks much english, quite a few under that age speak english. However, it often takes them awhile before they feel comfortable speaking it.

As for Romanisch, it's probably easier to learn than German, especially if you've taken French, Spanish or Italian in the past. I found a Romanish-English dictionary at the bookstore in Ilanz that is just East of the Rathouse. But, you're much better off learning German living in this country.

Domat is about 5 minutes west of Chur.
I know enough german to have a conversation (only sometimes resorting to sign language!) but my swiss german consists of the few words that my husband has taught me...not sure how polite some of them are! I have decided to take a swiss german course though, as I shall be here for some time.

Kalli

Before I took my Swiss-German class I was at the point that I could have lengthy conversations in German, and had passed the B1 level exam. But, I thought that the Swiss-German class was pretty easy after that point.

Hi and welcome to the forum.
I read your profile. I assume you must miss the ocean already. Being from the Atlantic side of Canada, I do.
I must ask, what is High Greman? (might want to fix your typo?)

Hi thanks for the note...miss Mexican food quite a bit, would kill for a" pot sticker" and War Wanton Soup. Miss the ocean too, all the fresh fish , crab,etc...What I miss most is Longs or Rite Aid, where you can get over the counter medication without a perscription, and any time of the day night... My romanish speaking community calls formal German "high " or Hoff (sp) German, in any case its Formal ,traditional German, but its not spoken here, only when we have guests from Germany, and I have been told to use only the formal with them.(hotel guests)

For mexican food, you pretty much have to make your own, though my Swiss brother-in-law has mentioned there is a mexican restaurant in Chur. I don't know if it's any good though.

To get supplies for mexican food there are El Sol (in Basel) and El Maiz in Zurich, near the Bahnhof. The websites are www.elsol.ch and www.elmaiz.ch of course. The guys at El Sol speak pretty good english and are happy to ship stuff all over the country for 10 franks. I think that might be up to a couple kilos. He's got great tortillas and tortilla chips. El Maiz has more fresh stuff, including fresh jalapenos and tomatillos on occasion.

Oh, and cilantro is called 'Korieander' here. You can find it at most of the COOP and Migros stores.