Friday 7 August 2015

Report: VIP opening of 007 Walk of Fame incl. VIDEO

What: 007 WALK OF FAME, VIP OPENING
Where: Schilthorn, Switzerland
When: 31 July 2015


007 Travelers took part in VIP opening of 007 Walk of Fame.

Scroll down for VIDEO.

Here is our report:

We got our VIP invitation from Peter Feuz (President) and Christoph Egger, who is a Director of Schilthornbahn AB and we want to thank him and the organization for excellent arrangements and Hotel Alpenruh for lovely accommodation also.



Thank you also:
Nicole Abegglen and Sabine Lüthi / Schilthorn Cableway Ltd


Urs Brotschi and Melanie Brotschi / Hotel Alpenruh
and all the people involved in this great event.






At Stechelberg cable car station we got our VIP passes and parking voucher.







007 Travelers was photographed when we arrived.


Mika, Pirita and Little Agent Traveler / 007 Travelers
Photo credit: Schilthornbahn AG, Markus Födisch 
(alle Rechte vorbehalten/all rights reserved)
.


We met several Bond club presidents, 007 bloggers and Bond fans worldwide, and a group photo was taken of us.



Photo credit: Schilthornbahn AG, Markus Födisch 
(alle Rechte vorbehalten/all rights reserved)


As at Stechelberg, also up at the Birg there were cocktails and snacks for the VIP guests.







Delicious snacks


The snacks menu





Pirita / 007 Travelers


Little Agent Traveler and Mika / 007 Travelers



















The Skyline Walk platform was fantastic!



More drinks and snacks were available when we reached Piz Gloria.

After a while, we started to hear a noise of the helicopters and soon they flew over us with bang sounds and they turned around and landed at the heliport.


Mr. Bond arriving by helicopter


There they were! The Bond stars from "On Her Majesty’s Secret Service" (1969) were there with us:


Photo: © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC


George Lazenby, (James Bond 007); Terence Mountain, (Raphael); Sylvana Henriques,
(The Jamaican Girl); John Glen, (Director); Catherina von Schell, (Nancy), Stefan Zürcher (Production Manager) and Jenny Hanley (The Irish Girl).





Marked persons were in the event. From left to right:
Catherine von Schell, Sylvana Henriques, Jenny Henley, George Lazenby
Photo: © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC


Stunt double Vic Armstrong – who has doubled for all Bond actors with the exception of Daniel Craig – and female stunt double Wendy Leech were also there.




George Lazenby









Terence Mountain






Terence Mountain and George Lazenby in
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" (1969)

Photo: © EON, United Artists, Danjaq LLC




Jenny Hanley

Bond stars at the Schilthorn heliport




George Lazenby




John Glen


Wendy Leech and Vic Armstrong



We got a chance to shake hands with George Lazenby and talk with him.









Soon we took photos when Bond stars left their traces at the legendary Bond movie location.













John Glen



Catherina von Schell and Sylvana Henriques have left their handprints



Wendy Leech
Photo credit: Schilthornbahn AG, Markus Födisch 
(alle Rechte vorbehalten/all rights reserved)






Stefan Zürcher



Here are some of the information boards on 007 Walk of Fame:









Sylvana Henriques and Terence Mountain were very nice and they gave autograph to our Little Agent Traveler and they also posed with our little Bond girl on 007 Walk of Fame.








At the
BOND WORLD 007 we were only visitors with Vic Armstrong and Wendy Leech visiting at the same time with us.




Later inside the revolving Restaurant Piz Gloria, we had fine dining dinner and we saw also the great fireworks which ended with burning 007 logo.


DRINK MENU

Aperitif on the Piz Gloria terrace
Les Ballettes Sion, AOC Wallis
Domaine Candide Bridy, Saviése

Starter
Petite Arvine, AOC Wallis
Niklaus Wittwer, Sion

Main course
Cornalin, Les Corbassiéres, AOC Wallis
Niklaus Wittwer, Sion


Only the best for Bond fans: BOLLINGER!


MENU

"Octopussy"


Cold potato soup with OONA caviar from the Tropenhaus, Frutigen


"Never Say Never Again"


Lukewarm Brie wrapped in a raw ham and bread crust
with apple and cranberries on a colourful salad garnish


"The World is Not Enough"


Romance between guinea fowl and giant prawn
on a wild mushroom ragout and corn galette with ratatouille


"SPECTRE"


Light amaretto terrine with mandarin sorbet
and exotic fruit garnish

During the evening we took part in VIP Opening of 007 Walk of Fame competition and answered Bond and 007 Walk of Fame related questions.

The prizes were:

* Skydiving for two above the Lauterbrunnen valley
* A helicopter flight for two in the Mürren - Schilthorn region
* Paragliding tandem flight for two from Mürren to Stechelberg



007 Travelers congratulates the winners!

Late at night we traveled back by same cable car with George Lazenby from Piz Gloria to Mürren, where extremely nice staff of Schilthorn was waiting for VIP guests and we got some greetings from them.







Visiting Schilthorn Piz Gloria is always an amazing experience which we highly recommend for everyone!



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