Elite Zermatt

Destination 405<br><br>km197'555<br><br>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.<br>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 ...

... 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 ...

... was apparently very beautiful with constant views of the Matterhorn, but away from the tourist trails a bit. He also told us it was very flat and easy &#8211; ideal for us given that Witek wasn&#8217;t 100% well!<br><br>We had to catch a sort of cog wheel rail for the first bit, followed by a cable car to the beginning of our walk. I have been getting a lot braver with cable cars and chair lifts and managed this one without any problems.<br><br>Once at the top we found ...

... von diesen kleinen "Kutschen" kostet rund 70'000 Franken bzw. 45'000 Euro. Alles ist zu Fuss erreichbar oder eben mit dem Elektrotaxi bzw. hoteleigenen Elektrobus. Das Zentrum ist sehr vom Tourismus geprägt, aber wenn man sich ein bisschen ausserhalb des Kerns bewegt, trifft man schnell auf die urigen Walliser mit ihrem doch sehr speziellen Dialekt.<br><br>Bis zum nächsten Ort<br><br>Andrea und Christian<br>

... town of Seez. We must have taken some wrong turning around here, because the GPS went a bit mad. So we found a place to turn round (not easy on those roads) and went back until we could agree with the direction the GPS wanted to take.<br><br>We'd sent a text to Tom to say we'd arrive about 2 p.m, and could he arrange for some food to be left for us from the barbeque which had been arranged. He confirmed, and said he'd come down for us at that time.<br>

... 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.<br> <br>                  <br>

... There was really not much to do in the town other than wander around since it was easily possible to walk from one end to the other in 15 minutes. Our hostel also had an excellent view of the impressive Matterhorn mountain. Day 2 For our second day in Zermatt we had planned to take an excursion to one of the mountains towering above the town such as the Gornergrat or Klein Matterhorn. The prices for ...

... much enthusiasm. Though the view from top was impressive and it afforded me the opportunity for some great landscape photos - it didn't compare to Klein Matterhorn but I guess very little will. When dusk descended on quaint Zermatt - I was left with only one thought. I didn't get to ski. Okay, you should know that I can't ski but if this town is this beautiful in Summer - I can only imagine that it is a Winter Wonderland. I have to witness that!!!!!

... in my last log I went to see THE CAT EMPIRE in Luzern. I told you that St.Gallen was one of my favorite Suise cities, but Luzern would have to be my all time favorite. Its absolutely stunning being surrounded by snowcapped peaks with fairytale castles clinging to the slopes. Unfortunately no photos to backup my claim, but Im sure there will be sometime. Also ...

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