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Zermatt Slideshow
Zermatt
Travel Blogs from Zermatt, Switzerland
Arrived in Zermatt by train
Well, we finally arrived. I was feeling very sick, not sure if it was the altitude or just all the travel but I was very glad to get off the train. Greeted by a village covered in snow. All the streets and roofs at least a foot deep in snow. Fantastic ...
Glacier express
... were covered in clouds so we couldn't see. We did see snow and beautiful houses, waterfalls and huge drop offs! When we arrived in Zermatt it was 12 degrees, soooo cold!!! And I only had a light jumper! We stayed at a youth hostel here, the taxi that ...
Just me and the Matterhorn
... ; it might make some of you want to break my legs. But I will say, with all my heart, you really have to come to Zermatt someday. Tomorrow I head out for...........I really don't know yet. But I am sure it will be ...
He didn't go to Jared!
... ...he proposed! Proposal at sunrise at the top of a mountain in the Alps facing the Matterhorn = WIN! Bravo. Just ate continental-type breakfast, then we go back down to Zermatt to get on the Glacier Express to St Moritz! note to self - kayaking near Trin ...
The Rhone Valley and Zermatt
... ) After awhile we arrived in Tasch, Switz. This is where you drop your car/bus/any vehicle, so to be transported into the town of Zermatt where no cars are allowed. The town is old and the streets are too narrow for traffic. You get around by ...
Trip to Gornergrat
It was nice September's sunny day. We walked from Zermatt to Gornergrat, me and my friend. It took 5 hours up and 4 hours down and it was one of the best trips we ever made. I'll try to write something about this nice day but up to now I put here only few ...
Zermatt Part II
... pic of a reflection of the Matterhorn on the lake. After 45 minutes and a 750 foot drop, made the next station and went back to Zermatt. Did laundry in the sink, I was completely out of clothes, read and then back to the Hotel Post for a beer and to ...
The Continuation of the Glacier Express ride.
... as any in Switzerland. I should like, one day, to return and explore this whole area and its many cable routes and vistas as I will be allowed to. Oh how I wished we had returned to Switzerland earlier in life when we were both more able bodied!!! ...
Venice, Matterhorn
Date: 12/10/2009 Location: 5km from Matterhorn Ski Resort, Switzerland Beers consumed to date: 470 From Lake Garda we excepted to visit a theme park called Gardaland on the Sth tip however it was closed for winter so we decided to just keep ...
Matterhorn and Aletsch Glacier!
... jerked awake a few minutes later and decided that the warmth provided by this train was not worth the risk of waking up halfway across Switzerland, and we got off the train to wait. Eventually, we did make it to Zermatt, only to find that the map provided ...
Wenn der Berg nicht zum Propheten kommt...
(...muss der Prophet zum Berg gehen.) In the words of Elysse, "It's just like Aspen." Zermatt, ladies and gentlemen. (My legs were butter before even arriving there.) Cutsey town. Clean air. Clean water. No cars are ...
Zermatt
... the Leaning Tower of Pisa and Switzerland has the Matterhorn. There are not very many internationally well know buildings in Switzerland. So somehow this strange peak has become one of the countries biggest tourists draws. Now sometimes what is sold ...
Glacier Express
... train. My very first host, Jere and Arja from Helsinki, Finland had told Steve and I that we had better not leave Switzerland without taking the Bernina Express from St. Moritz to Tirano. Upon much contemplation I decided to take their advice and take ...
Mountain Freshness - With a Swiss Twist!
... SWISS CHOCOLATE!!! From there we drove up to the village of Tasch way up in the mountains. We took a train from there to Zermatt (more in the video, which will go up Wednesday) and had an awesome view of the Matterhorn! It's so much cooler ...
Into the great white Alps
... York City, name Mike and Nicole. We had a nice chat, and I'm looking foward to getting to know them better. Mike's been to Zermatt 7 times already, so he feels it's really *the* place to ski in Europe. The view outside my window is great. I have the ...
Zermatt, Switzerland - 5 days
... took the opportunity to take a few photos of the place :) I chatted to this guy at the bar, Mattius, a landscaper from Switzerland. Landscaping has it's quiet season in the winter, so he's spending a month here. This dude could seriously ride his ...
Magnificent Matterhorn
... in Z|ermatt - the train trip up the Alps was fantastic - Heidi and Grandpappa were around here somewhere. Arrived in Zermatt and first thing to that you see when you look up is the Matterhorn - absolutely magnificent - definitely a highlight of the ...
Living Heidi life in the Alps
Trully amazing, when we have a fairy tale village 2000m high in the Alps only reachable by train, the only cars you will see it's some electric "mini golf car" belonging to the many hotels that compose this village. Once you start going up the mountain ...
Zermatt and the lovely Matterhorn
... to meet them for tea... and had yummy Cheese Fondue with them (I am never eating cheese again....) Sunday Beautiful weather in Zermatt .... went up the Klein Matterhorn again... caught first lift and was magical... icicles and snow everywhere and not many ...
Saturday Matterhorn and Sunday Geneva
... . Anyway, I didn't let lack of wifi stop me from exploring Switzerland. On Saturday, I woke up early and headed to Zermatt Switzerland - home of the Matterhorn. The journey is not for the weak - it's a three hour train ride and about a 6,000 ...
Ticket to Ride
Sue and Tom decided late in the afternoon to take advantage of the Tram/Gondola/Train infrastructure of Zermatt and spring for a 4 day "unlimited rides" pass. We took advantage by taking the Gornergrat train to 3,200 meters and hiking some of the way back ...