The name
So why is our house called “Valbella”?
Sepp Tschofen – Josef’s dad and Ruth’s father-in-law – saw a lot of the world; after all, he ran his own travel company. In elegant coaches he took the many “summer visitors” on lovely trips to the neighbouring countries.
One place he particularly loved was the village of Valbella in Switzerland. Whenever he came back home, he would say that one day he would name his house after it. And that is how our house came to be called “Valbella” – right from the very start.

Tschofen Reisen, 1959

Laurenz in Valbella – the “real” one, in Switzerland.




