Olympic Crans-Montana

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 ...

... room, toilets and showers to myself. I rarely saw anyone and reception was really nice. I then headed to Cully to try the famous Lavaux walk but caught a train that didn't make all the stops so I ended up at Lausanne again. I decided to take a bit of a walk, making my way through Pully and then to Letvy where I caught the train to Cully. The view was great but the vineyards that I stumbled across in Letvey were better because there was noone around and you could really smell the wine.

Not too much to say. I arrived in the afternoon to a rainy day but with a lovely view of the mountains over the river. I also saw the beautiful Chateau de Chillon which is a castle only a 5 minute walk from the hostel.
My large and sterile hostel did not open til five. Since I had used my eurrail pass that day | decided to take a look at Lausanne which my guidbook says is beautiful. What a crock! It is just another city. I was surprised that I encountered more of the scamming ...

... the snow. I was lucky enough to see a couple of Golden Eagles hat flew over me. They were massive. As I climbed up another point of the mountain I bypassed a couple of blokes climbing up to the path after taking the wrong direction (there was a fork in the path, luckily I chose the right one). It was very difficult for them but they said they would make it. I hope they were ok. At some points there is only a rope while you balance yourself on the edge of a cliff and ...

... next township called Zweilutschinen. It was beautiful to see the peaks and the blue sky. I then hiked back.
People are nice around here, they wave to mean through their windows. The hostel owners are also very, very nice. I also sat with some Koreans and we shared meals (there's being much better than mine). When I returned from my hike the two Americans offered me some of their Mexican dinner. It was very yummy. All in all not a bad day.

I wasn't sure where in Switzerland I wanted to go after Zurich, but I knew I wanted it to be near some mountains and away from crowds. The hostel I found was highly recommended and was in a valley in the mountains near Interlaken, so that’s what made my decision. Turns out my somewhat random choice was a good one, putting me in one of the most beautiful areas in Switzerland, according to some ...

Straight after our amazing thrashing of Croatia (well, almost thrashing but good enough to do the job), we headed back to base and met a very self-opinionated German woman and her quite embarrassed husband. She was giving us lectures on how poorly we treat our Indigeneous people (witnessed from her one week trip to Uluru) ... lucky I had lost my voice (from being sick and screaming the Aussie's on), otherwise I would not ...