Writer, Hotelier and Painter

My father liked his guests. Hotel guests and hotel staff came from many countries and came from different social, cultural and economic backgrounds. And they made reservations, ordered, complained and praised in different languages.

    But they all had stories.

And he was able to elicit these from them over an aperitif at the hotel bar, when greeting them or over a glass of wine in the evening.

    By asking them. As a hotelier, author and painter he showed an interest in people and their experiences. Even the very ordinary ones. Of course, he also told them his own. And he had many. None were made up. For this, he had his books – two books for young people, two travel books, a family history, a collection of short stories and four crime novels. 

     I am delighted  to translate and publish some of his books in German. And I hope to bring some joy to one or two former guests of the Hotel Waldheim on Lake Sarnen.

Marcus Townend