Grand Zermatterhof

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 ...

... used my final day of my eurrail pass for this trip only to find that the trip from Visp station to the Zermatt was not valid despite being told by two train operators that it was. I also couldn't get through to the girl at the station that my eurrail pass allows me discounts for the train but she kept telling me, 'no, no, you can't use anymore days it's full'. Today wasn't the first time I have been stuffed around by the Swiss. It's hard to believe that Einstein was educated here.<br><br><br>

... 11th September &#8211; We slept in a bit today as we both needed it, I think we worked out that we slept for about 10 hours! We were up in time for the Swiss breakfast at our hotel consisting of fruit, Bircher muesli, bread, toast, cheeses and meats. We hadn&#8217;t had a good breakfast all through Italy seeing as they seem to start every day with croissants and jam, so this was heaven!<br><br>Our hotel receptionist gave us directions to a walking trail in the mountains ...

... with them (I am never eating cheese again....)<br><br>Sunday<br>Beautiful weather in Zermatt .... went up the Klein Matterhorn again... caught first lift and was magical... icicles and snow everywhere and not many tourists at all... the tour groups dont make their appearance until later in the day.... was crisp, clear and cold, no cloud and Matterhorn looked beautiful. The Peak Pass was a good idea.... we could jump on and off cable cars as we wanted to. We then went on the ...

... br>We had decided to travel via Aosta, so as to get as close to the roadbook outlined route as possible. About midday, we got our first views of Mont Blanc, or Monte Bianco, as the Italians know it. As we turned off the motorway, we could still see it, until the narrow winding roads took us across the other side of another mountain.<br><br>Now we realised this was our last chance to get the police photo, as soon we<br>wouldn't be in Italy any ...

... 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>

... the slate.<br><br>We begin our downward hike and play in the snow a bit. In the one area the snow drift now is way higher than Len's head, must have been really high in the winter . It is quite a peaceful walk down, a pick-up truck passes us, we go by a sled loaded with wine. It looks like a miniature snowmobile/snow blower. The hike down is longer than the hike was going up. We can see where we stopped for lunch across the valley. <br><br>There are ...

... Galia had baked mozzarella and I had the Calve's Liver both with Pinot Noirfro Valais. They cook the food on an open grill which is stoked with wood and it is on fire, not just coals! We had great service from Frau owner the service and food were fabulous. Defnitely recommended!

... pebbled beach that overlooks the snow capped Dolomites in the background. There is a resort here that obviously only opens in the peak season of July and August because despite the weather being warm and sunny today it was shut for the season.... But that's fine with us because we had the beach mostly to ourselves and it meant we got the best camping spot ever!! This afternoon we enjoyed swimming in the crystal clear lake and taking in the ambience of the area. Day 212 - Wednesday ...

www.elodie50a.com<br><br>Here is a video (sorry for the very bad quality)<br>http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=R5_9hODsqgs<br><br><br>