“This is at the Grand Hotel in St Moritz in Switzerland- those are the Engadine Mountains in the background -and this is the headwaiter Rene Breguet. He is showing how to bring a bottle of whiskey at great speed. He could even jump over a chair and keep his tray steady. He was a great skater, that man.
All the waiters wore black tie and tails. I went back in 1947 but the Grand Hotel had burned down and was never re built. The old glitter was gone.”
~ Alfred Eisenstaedt
(1898-1995)
This is Eisie’s great glimpse into a bygone era when the resort was one of the long lost playgrounds for the rich and famous in a European golden age.
Cheers, Everyone!
