Hotel Le Mont Paisible Crans-Montana

Well, our time in Zermatt is over. We have had a fantstic 2 weeks here, and it's a bit sad to be leaving.The skiing has been great, we've met some cool people and we have some great memories. Before I write about our next adventures, I have a few final things from Zermatt to tell you.

Firstly, our last day of skiing was fantastic - clear ...

Começamos 2010 nas alturas. Como o céu amanheceu aberto e sem nuvens, resolvemos ir ao pico mais alto de Zermatt, Matterhorn.
Subimos até 2,800m de lift com um tremendo frio na barriga. Depois pegamos um "bondinho" com mais ou menos umas 80 pessoas até o pico mais alto. Chegando lá, um visual incrível. Não havia montanha mais alta que a nossa...

So now it is our last day here and we are ALL exhausted and a little tired from the skiing. We had actually planned to take the "Glacier express" It is a train from Zermatt to St. Moritz and it takes 7 hours through the main glaciers on the mountains of southern Switzerland. It was unfortunately booked so we decided last night to go strolling th...

After a night of vivid dreaming, dreams so bizarre that when my brother tapped me, I screamed, I was wakened up at approximately 8:00am. After getting up, I quickly went downstairs to find my family. By now, I have realized that I am the only one in my family who enjoys sleeping. I went downstairs to the breakfast room. The breakfast consisted o...

So we got up Friday morning, had breakfast at the hotel. Our hotel included a rather meager breakfast for an additional 15 francs, but we could go back as much as we wanted and actually it would have been more expensive in town. Also, there was ski and equipment rental available at the hotel so we took advantage of the comnveinience and got fitt...

So now it’s Thursday and while mom is getting dressed and putting on her makeup, I went across the street to the train station and made arrangements to get ALL the way to brig Switzerland. This time i used both Italian and English to verify that I was making the right preparations.

We had about an hour to get the train. We made our...

Today we drove from Lauterbrunnen to some small town in Bavaria.
We were headed for Neuschwanstein, the famous castle of Mad King Ludwig.
In the morning we marveled at the place where we had camped for the last few days. With all of our hiking and train riding, we had had very little chance to admire it. Huge vertical walls of rock tower...

Today, I went hiking in the SWISS ALPS :) It is very different from the Canadian Rockies. The Swiss Alps are warmer, more green and BIGGER. They are also more heavily populated and every house has a pasture of sheep or cows with cowbells on. I am staying in a little town called Lauterbrunnen, which is in an area of Interlakken in the Berner Ober...

Sorry to say that I have lots and lots of pictures to download but difficult to locate an internet cafe that allows you to access the harddrive. As soon as I can I will download all the pictures that I have taken - that means lots..... Left Bellagio this morning and travelled by road up to Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland. Had the decision to either...

5 Sept 06 - arrive at Camping Jungfrau in Lauterbrunnen, very impressed with the site, helpful staff and wonderful location . The glistening turquoise of the lakes made a trip to Brienz really enjoyable Wed 6 Sept - Jungfraujoch trip - took advantage of the excellent weather and thoroughly enjoyed the views, walked to Monsch hutte across a glist...