Best Western Alpen Resort Hotel Zermatt

Destination 405

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Not entirely shure, if I spend my last day in a foreign country, I head towards north. A stopover at Novi Ligure provides me finally the opportunity to send a notification to all family and friends about my remaining itinerary before return back home. The date has been fixed to the 29.
The ride up to Vercelly in the low lands was not that exciting like the sighting of the mountain of Mont Blanc in the far. Since my ...

I am only stayin the night just to see the Matterhorn. The sun is out and I took a hike up nearby hill. It was about an hour and a half uphill walk with regular short stops to catch my breath. I think I have had enough of hiking now, I did 4 hours of it at Montreux as well, I must have the best **** at the moment. Spectacular view of the mountain at the hilltop though. It's less of a mountain and more of a giant pinnacle of rock. It looks menacing, to prove it there is a nearby graveyard full ...

We had packed up the Landy by about 8 a.m., and were ready to plan the route to Val d'Isere. With no roadbook to follow, the GPS was put into use, and a quick check against the maps verified that the best route was probably down towards Milan to join the motorway, and take motorways towards Aosta.

So, not much in the way of navigating to be done, except to check the road signs now and again, so the hunt for bingo photos was driven hard today ...

... but our legs struggled to keep us upright on the steep slope. I know uphill is harder but my legs were shaking 10 minutes in!

At the bottom we saw that there were two signs pointing to the spot we needed to be, obviously one was right and one was wrong! The right one had a very level path that we welcomed with relief!

We walked for about 2 hours before lunch, viewing the Matterhorn from different angles and stopping at lakes and streams to fill our water ...

... took Evie back up via the Tram to the top of the Klein Matterhorn just before the last ride at 4:30p. Along the way, they watched a parade of swiss dancers with typical accordian players as they paraded down main street as part of an annual traditional festival.
 
                 

Today I took Ally and Lincol to Zermatt. We traveled on three trains to get there and another three to get back. Then once we were in Zermatt we took the cogwheel train up to the top of the mountain where we got a fabulous view of the Matterhorn and several surrounding peaks.

Lincoln was such a good boy. Ally behaved herself too. She ...

... am just going to take it easy, walk around the older part of the city, and visit the climbers' cemetery nearby the hostel. Tomorrow I have a 7 hour train ride to Chur, through some of the most stunning scenery. I am very excited to take the Glacier Express, because I've heard its one of the best scenic train rides in the world! Ciao Tanya P.S. papi- the other day in Lausanne, I saw a store and it was "Fashion Victim"... haha

... etc that aren't allowed to go into Venice. The area we stayed in was actually quiet nice next to the water, with a nice breeze and guys training for gondola races racing past!! Too tired to go into Venice tonight so we slept in preparation for a big day tomorrow.... Oh and Wayne made the best meal ever, fresh gnocchi with chicken and tomatoes basil sauce. Yummo!! Day 209 - Sunday 24th September - Venice Venice Venice Venice!! It's amazing. Gem has been waiting 4 years to get back here ...

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Here is a video (sorry for the very bad quality)
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