Grand Hotel Du Golf Crans-Montana

... 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

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 ...

So my theory of.."you just turn on the gas stove and the van gets warm"...um no Emma. Not when its freezing - literally - outside.<br>I managed to get a waterproof jacket our first night which was a blessing!!! <br>Woke up Tuesday at 6.30am! It was still dark but the skies had finally cleared up and as I ran out in the cold to the toilet blocks I was rewarded by a sky full of stars.. so pretty! It was SO cold tho! I had all my clothes on! If I hadnt ...

... that I have much to compare it to, but I wouldn&#8217;t argue with that. Pictures will tell that story.<br><br> Shortly after I got to the hostel I met Bill, a retired engineer from Baltimore. He&#8217;s a pretty experienced hiker and I decided to go with him on a "six hour" hike the next day. That six hour hike turned into nearly 10, but it was entirely worth it. I can&#8217;t count the number of ...

... for beer at the local bar. We got to talking to an Aussie guy who was there for Base Jumping, I had never met any one who was crazy enough for this, so it was quiet cool to chat to him for a while. Besides a cheese fondue, which quiet frankly wasn't that good, there wasn't much else to report from Lauterbrunnen. It was raining again the next day so we headed off. The drive out of Switzerland was fantastic though, and going over yet another mountain ...

... headed to Murren, which is a lovely resort town, but kinda dead not very many people, I think its still a little early in the year. Then I headed over to Gimmelwald, the town is adorable, but thank god I didn't choose to stay there because there is nothing there! I came back to the hostel for dinner, and most of us stayed in as the weather turned not great last night. But I got ...

... the tunnel was different.  Areas that had been ice before were gone in the few days that had passed and it made us sad to think of the glacier melting at such a rapid rate. We all continued on to Lauterbrunnen and the weather packed in right before we arrived.  It cleared a little once we reached Lauterbrunnen, but we all passed through heavy, almost hail like, rain that pelted down from the sky.  Since we had no previously booked accommodation ...

Hey to all of you... When I signed my contract to work at this camp a few months ago, I was sure I was signing up for 'Summer' camp... it has rainned for the last 10 days and today the high temp was 11C! that is butt cold, I had to wear a beannie all ...

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... at the chalet in time for a late dinner, and then there was a great party in the "bomb shelter" - i.e. the basement of the chalet. Today we went exploring and saw waterfalls in a mountain and we had hot chocolate in a chalet halfway up. We were supposed to go up to the top of Jungfrau mountain but it was snowing too much so it got cancelled. Just as well - I've certainly seen plenty of snow but today's scenery was well ...