Parkhotel Beau Site 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 ...

... to go UP it in 20 minutes!! Unbelievable! <br><br>On our walk back to the hotel we had our first of what would be many encounters with cows and their bells in Switzerland. There was a guy walking his cows into town and they all had bells around their necks making a clunky tune as they walked. It was so charming!<br><br>Back to our room and Witek was feeling a bit worse for wear seeing as he wasn&#8217;t 100% well before our 5 hour hike. We decided to just get take away ...

... br>We had decided to travel via Aosta, so as to get as close to the roadbook outlined route as possible. About midday, we got our first views of Mont Blanc, or Monte Bianco, as the Italians know it. As we turned off the motorway, we could still see it, until the narrow winding roads took us across the other side of another mountain.<br><br>Now we realised this was our last chance to get the police photo, as soon we<br>wouldn't be in Italy any ...

... and luckily the sun had not set on the spectacular Alps and scenery!!<br> <br>We went through St Nichlaus that I remember so well. He told us that at Christmas they dress the huge church in a Santa outfit and it becomes the largest Santa Claus in the world. The kids hung on each of his stories...He would have us move to various parts of the train to see the waterfalls at their best.<br><br>Then, he told us all the wonderful things to do in Zermatt. I did ...

... Zermatt itself is a very beautiful place - so picturesque! We were however slightly disappointed with the Ice Caves as most of the sculptures had melted so most of it was closed off, which was a bit rubbish but hey ho - you win some, you lose some eh (&amp; we did get two free bars of chocolate, so it wasn't all lost!)! I imagine when the sculptures are done in the winter season the Ice Caves would be amazing &amp; we would definitely like ...

... to Chamonix, but looked a little perplexed at my ignorance, as it came as a little surprise to me, that i had to actually get to france...'What the..??' Well 3 hours later and about 4 different trains and a bus, i was finally there late that night and crashed out in a little alp hotel. Up early the next day, i hiked up the road taking in the view of mount blanc on my right, into the town center. I stuffed the remaining room in my massive ...

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