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Beaten Path Love: The Canton of Grisons, called Graubunden in German, is the canton }f mountain holidays, both summer and winter. St. Moritz, queen of the Engadine, Davos Platz, Arosa, Klosters, Chur, Flims-Waldhaus—these ire but a few of its magic names.
North of the Grisons lies historic Glarus, and farther north, beyond i mountain range, lie St. Gall, Switzerland's lacemaking capital, adorned by a great Benedictine Abbey, and its neighbor, Appenzell, a town apart, "half hidden from the eye." Avoiders of the beaten path love path will love this town of unconscious quaintness.
The arrangement of paving units in a path can subtly affect the speed at which you walk. A uniform grain along the path—for example, that created by bricks laid lengthwise in stretcher bond—can seem to hurry you on, whereas a less directional pattern will encourage a slower pace. The treatment may be chosen to suit the purpose of the path—a "slow" path where there is plenty to admire, a "faster" path where the aim is simply to provide access to another part of the garden.
The far north of Scotland may be a further treat for motorists who have the time for it. Consider some of its place names: John o' Groats, Thurso, Bettyhill, Tongue, Unapool and Ullapool. You'll have to wait at times, as I did, for creeping ferries to come and carry your car across bleak kyles and firths, and there'll probably be a lot of what's politely known as Scotch mist. There'll also be bleating sheep by the thousand, blocking some of your roads, but if you're an off-the-beaten path love-track rover you'll love the far north for its primitive ways and its ever-changing scenes, all beautiful. |
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