“You can encounter the unexpected all over the Valposchiavo, not only out in the open countryside but also in the villages and particularly at the center, in the town of Poschiavo itself whose many features no one could possibly be prepared for. It takes no time at all to get used to the Leaning Tower of Pisa: it is a monument and one is prepared for it. But experiencing the unexpected, the strange, unique and even eccentric will never become routine – especially when filled with human activity and life imbued with soul. Every new vista feels as fresh and as new as one’s very first experience. It may be possible to disprove this thesis, but what is involved here is an experience.”
Wolfgang Hildesheimer, 1961