WINTER GETAWAY – the luxe lowdown

Let me begin where we left off. I returned from my EMU AUSTRALIA trip to Chedi Andermatt on Wednesday. It was awe-inspiring, mind-blowing with 3 blissful days in Switzerland going way too quickly. Oh yeah and

I STILL have never been skiing

You see once we pitched up in Andermatt with playmates Lydia and Ali, it was pretty obvious the Après ski was way more appealing to J and I than the pesky ski slopes (even with the cute ski butlers).

I liken the Chedi Andermatt to an alpine/asian infused palace. A place where anything – biscuit hued towelling robe, fur-huff headband and EMU AUSTRALIA talinga slipper – goes.

I’ll go so far as to admit J and I sorry-not-sorry scoped out the Chedi Residences ‘for sale’, he reasoned Andermatt as a viable commute to his proper Monday to Friday job in Canary Wharf, til I spotted the price.

I’m slightly fascinated by how understated the Chedi plays it. It’s less pretty more impressively good-looking in it’s aesthetic. The basic ‘deluxe’ room is big enough to house a club-night. The lobby smoulders in elements of an uber design hotel – literally with a zillion glass cubed gas fires in every breach – yet it’s clear they want you to curl up, get comfy and dive head first into the cushioned sofas and velvet day beds. Back when I explored Asia during my air-hostess days, I’d sometimes score the odd stay in a swanky hotel but never settled in as if it were home.

Can we just agree that this is why our stay at the Chedi Andermatt was special…

Not the unbelievable spa, the on-tap truffle-cheese fondue nor the umpteen insta-worthy vistas I planted on the ‘gram. But the memory of me and J snuggled up in our suite, surfing the floor cushions, snacking on roasted chestnuts, sipping chilled Sancerre and switching off.

Official disclaimer: Pretty much everything I packed for the trip other than my EMU AUSTRALIA booties were surplus to my Chedi robe requirements. All those weighty knits and abluting ammo I courageously lugged in my wheelie – was clearly not wanted. Still, you get up, dress up, show up and watch a pair of EMU AUSTRALIA slippers and a spa pool steal the show.

{YOLO moment: Exploring Andermatt from the bottom up… The icy cold temperatures and alpine landscape had me performing Wham’s Last Christmas for an intimate crowd aboard the mountain ski lift.}