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Mountains of Rock, Chocolate and Discovery
... on the Piz Gloria summit, all I can say is it was worth every penny and previous days worth of 'failed' attempts. I use the word failed lightly though, because truly there are not failed plans just opportunities to try something else, see something new and head in an unexpected direction. I took a few hikes in around the mountain towns of Gimmelwald, Murren and Grindlewald, all at the base of the iconic Eigier, Monch and Jungfrau peaks.I ...
Last day in Zermatt
... and it was 15 cff a single serving, we negotiated with the girls that we would have 2 fondues to share and we would come back later. When we returned the restaurant was still closed, so instead we strolled down to the largest chocolate shop in town and bought 5 chocolate pieces, one each which costs 15 cff - delicious but dear. We then stopped at the supermarket picked up some cream, a block of chocolate some strawberries and bananas and came home to make our own Swiss ...
Skiing
... love to come in winter, we were talking to one of the locals and he told us in full winter where we were skiing is often too cold and most people ski the lower summits around Zermatt. In winter this place would turn into a skiers and snow boarders paradise with over 350 of tracks to ...
Matterhorn
... you quickly turn into the noises of your natural surroundings. In winter the water from the mountains turn to ice and crack apart rocks and erodes stones as it continually shapes the landscape. Because of the abundance of clear, clean water, Zermatt is completely self-sufficient in their town water supply, which happens to be pure spring water. The taste of the local water is refreshing with no hints of minerals or pipe tastes. The local water ...
Steffisburg to Jungfrau,
Another Early start and off to catch the train. 6 minutes Journey to Thun, the boarded the train to Interlaken, the journey was very beautiful as most of it was along the shores of lake Thun, castles along the lake shore and quite a few Marina's. We arrived in Interlaken in time to catch the train to Grindelweld, were we changed trains again to Kleine Scheidegg , the mountains were now snow capped, and we passed ...
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