Hotel Albana-Real Zermatt
Schluhmattstrasse 19 Zermatt, Valais, Swiss Alps, 3920, Switzerland
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Heidi, Heidi - jou wereld is in die berge :)
I really didn't want to leave Lake Como. It was beautiful and relaxing and at that moment it was the perfect place to be. I was starting to get a bit nervous again as I was crossing the border into Switzerland - specifically Zermatt!!! Lets put this into perspective - I was born in South Africa in a time when TV was not a very big industry. There …
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The gentle art of skiing in sunshine
Emily and her husband Andrew visited during a worldwind tour of the world. It was great to catch up and hang out with the 2 after quite a few years.
Then the first day of sunshine after over a week of snowing, meant several ski trips to catch up with different mates and enjoy the huge amount of snow recently dropped and some great sunshine!
As you can see - Disco had a lot of ...
Skiing the Alps!
... there. We had sunny skies the entire trip and once again, everything was beautiful.
Had rachlettes for the first time - this is a type of cheese that they melt and serve with a couple small potatoes, onions, and pickles. I find it to be better than fondue and made sure to eat it a couple times. Another first time experience was carmel vodka. A local bar, named The Pipe makes their own vodka there and it is good!
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Cheeky Catch up with Nadia
A friend, Nadia, lives in Milan and after a random email exchange we decided to meet in Sion - close to being in the middle of Lausanne and Milan. After lunch and a stroll around Sion - which is turning into quite a cool place, we then drove to La Vaud and had some wine watching the sunset over the lake before heading to Lausanne to drop off Nadia. In the evening Ana and Stefan had a fab meal with Milagros in Pully - gorgeous evening out and the summer just keeps on giving.
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Matterhorn and an upgrade
... their lives. One interesting fact is that one of the guides retired when he was 95 years old and he summited 360 times.
I decided to take the cog railway up to Gornergrat which is at 3089m. Zermatt is also home to the highest gondola in europe and you can also do summer skiing here. The views from Gornergrat where spectacular. From here you can see 29 peaks with a quite a few that are over 4000m. There was no one climbing the Matterhorn as it ...



