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Mountains of Rock, Chocolate and Discovery
... by exploration of the mountains in the Berner Oberland region. I stayed in the city of Interlaken for three nights and made day trips up into the Swiss Alps in my backyard. A high priority was to witness the panoramic views from atop one of the peaks that you can reach by cable car. The weather was quite inconsistent though and it took multiple attempts before I was finally able to realize my summit aspirations.
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Last day in Zermatt
... Swiss tend to do it as a home dessert. We have certainly noticed the difference in food prices here compared to Italy; a marguireta pizza is 19 Swiss francs compared to around 4 or 7 euro in Italy. Ron and I had a coffee each and shared a tiramisu in one of the cafes in Zermatt and this came to 20 Swiss francs, usually we can get 2 expressos at the bar and 2 croissants for as little as 4 euros. We found the restaurant that sold fondue but it was closed, we checked out ...
Skiing
Great day skiing up the Matterhorn. Being summer there was limited slopes open, but lots of fun for the girls. The attitude really affected everyone, by 2 pm everyone was feeling slightly light headed and really exhausted. This is the highest altitude in the Alps for skiing. This is a place ...
Matterhorn
... town dedicated to climbers who have lost their lives in the attempt to climb the mountain. Even though Zermatt is famous because of the Matterhorn, there are over 38 peaks in the area, a number of Glaciers and over 50 lakes and almost 100 fresh water springs that make this area magical. The rushing sound of the streams as they merge into the main river in town is a constant background noise, it is amazing when a town lacks traffic how quiet it can ...
Alpine hike
... they are out grazing. At various points in our trekking you could see signs to Italy, the Matterhorn is on the Perrine Alps that border both counties and in winter you can ski across nations, interesting idea to have to remember to pack your passport as you go skiing. The 100m suspension bridge over the Gornera Gorge was lots of fun walking over, the running water 50m below would look amazing frozen in a few months time. We stayed for a while playing on the swings ...
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