Best Western Hotel Butterfly Zermatt

... control recently has broken down, this was the perfect sign to follow, where I planed to cross the border to Switzerland.<br><br>Just arrived in late afternoon to Aosta, I was not only already entered to the italian part of the alps but also to the point of good bye. Here I decided not to spend another night in Italy and crossed the border to my homecountry Switzerland a hour later at Calle del Gran San Bernardo. <br><br>BIENVENUE EN SUISSE - WELCOME TO SWITZERLAND

... the casualties of the Matterhorn.<br>Zermatt itself is tiny, with only electric taxis. It is much colder than Lauterbrunnen even though it's on the border of Italy.<br>Switzerland is strange. It has no language of its own. In Bern, Lauterbrunnen and Zermatt they speak German but in Montreux they speak French, even the train announcements change languages. It gets confusing, so I just stick to greeting people in English most of the time. When I had arrived here I was fuming a bit because I ...

... out the signs and found that none of pointed to the place we were trying to get to, so we must have been going the wrong way. Very disappointing! But on the bright side (isn&#8217;t there always one?!) we had a gorgeous view from up there and the Matterhorn was peeking through the clouds at just the right time. It was the perfect moment to take a breather and some good piccies before our trek back down!<br><br>The trek down took about 20 minutes, it wasn&#8217;t as ...

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.<br><br>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 ...

We woke "late" (8am) and were the last to leave our bunk. Skipping breakfast, we began our 5 hour journey back to Zermatt. We chose a route that would give us a different view of the valley, but involved 1800m of decent. We paid for it for the next few days. We arrived at our apartment and ...

... This meant free travel on the train and busses within the city. We had it made. The hotel shuttle takes us to the airport and the busses and trains leave from there. It is our gateway to the Geneva explorations to commence.<br><br>The train didn't have a dining car, so we were ready for dinner. Someone in the lobby suggested a walk up the street to a couple of restaurants. However, it was only 5:00 and European restaurants aren't ...

We drove from Paris to Geneva for a few days and then on to Zermatt. With no itinerary or plan we landed in a wonderful pension in Zermatt and stayed for five days! Our hotel room faced the Matterhorn and everyday we waited patiently for it to peak out from the cloud covering. Our last day there it was in full bloom...glorious and well worth the wait! We ...

... was hoping she had not talked it up too much to Wayne in case it did not live up to his expectations. No chance... Wayne fell in love with it immediately as well. We spent the entire day walking and getting lost in the little narrow walk ways that make you feel like you are in a maze and exploring the beautiful glass and mask shops. As we walked into St Mark's Square we got a taste of the real Venice, it was flooding so we had to wade through the water as we watched it bubble up through ...

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