Monte Rosa Zermatt

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 ...

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 ...

... our downhill journey we found ourselves on a path that would have been just as steep as our first path, only this time we were only going down it. Or so we hoped. We had just followed our noses to get there so I was dreading that we might discover at the bottom that we had gone the wrong way and would have to retrace our steps all the way back up!<br><br>We breathed a sigh of relief at the bottom when we found the sign pointing downhill to Zermatt. There were also signs ...

We had packed up the Landy by about 8 a.m., and were ready to plan the route to Val d'Isere. With no roadbook to follow, the GPS was put into use, and a quick check against the maps verified that the best route was probably down towards Milan to join the motorway, and take motorways towards Aosta.<br><br>So, not much in the way of navigating to be done, except to check the road signs now and again, so the hunt for bingo photos was driven hard today ...

We woke "late" (8am) and were the last to leave our bunk. Skipping breakfast, we began our 5 hour journey back to Zermatt. We chose a route that would give us a different view of the valley, but involved 1800m of decent. We paid for it for the next few days. We arrived at our apartment and ...

We took the equally gorgeous train ride back to Visp from Zermatt. It was pleasant to see the farmers out in the hills early in the morning, with the tips of impressive peaks looming overhead. We barely caught our connection from Visp to Zurich. This was about 1.5 hours, and we had very little time in Zurich before our direct train to Munich.<br><br>               I watched a Columbo on the train ride but had to stop in the middle of the second episode because I could ...

... old weiner dog. Bianca was incredible and ran along the trail like a jack rabbit and would return to jump all over me. She was very interested in my Transformers t-shirt...must be a fan. Bianca didn't make it up to Gornergrat (her little lungs were stretched already), but the swing down the mountain via Riffelberg and into the forest down to the valley and into Zermatt was remarkable. I came upon a cow headed home as well on the ...

... the top of Tete Blanch (3714m) with the Matterhorn in the background. Of course no trip ever goes completely uneventful for me, and neither did this one. Luckily only one fall with some minor grazes, no sliding into a cravass or anything. Instead, the earplugs i found and treasured after the first sleepless night, became somewhat treturous, when i suddenly awoke about the third night, with one stuck completely in my ear, and was unable ...

... costing about $60AUD per night, and includes buffet breakfast and a 4 course dinner. The YH was quite clean and modern - it can't be more than 3yrs old. The attendant was even nice enough to nuke up some left over dinner for me, as I checked in after dinner time on the night of my arrival. Not a bad meal. Chances are, the view from your room will overlook the Matterhorn (that funny shaped mountain). The place has lots of energy saving features ...

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>