Hotel Pollux Zermatt
Bahnhofstrasse 28 Zermatt, Valais, Swiss Alps, 3920, Switzerland
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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!
Wow, what a wonderful experience I had this Thanksgiving. I went with a ski club out of this area and there were 100 Americans that went on this trip. We had the entire hotel for just us. They even cooked up a Thanksgiving dinner for us on Thursday. On Friday, we went skiing, and oh, what an amazing time this was. The snow wasn't great, but how can you complain when you are skiing the Alps and you just look over and see the ...
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
... information on how Zermatt came to be, the first summit of the Matterhorn where 4 people died and also recreation of houses etc in the area. It also has this multimedia show where the Matterhorn comes out of the ground with a grumble and then a light show is projected on to it. Was rather good. If you ever do make it to Zermatt I recommend you visit the museum to get a bit more of an understanding of the area and to realise just how many people ...
The Beauty of the Italian Alps
Our stay in Aosta was brief but memorable. The drive up into the foothills was beautiful, with frequent views of castles, villages, and churches, while the beautiful peaks of the Italian alps grew closer. We dropped the car off near the railway station in Aosta, and spent the night at a nearby hotel. ...



