Primavera Saas Grund

... de bomengrens was het pad ook niet meer zichbaar..
Rechtsomkeerd dan maar; Voor de 4 uur naar boven hadden we maar 1.5u nodig om naar beneden te kunnen komen..
Zucht nou ja. Volgende keer moet hij dan echt lukken!!!

De volgende dag hebben we dan maar genoten van de sneeuw en een heuze 2 meter hoge sneeuwpop te maken genaamd Werner :) haha!!

De laatste dag heb ik de keuken eens zeer goed aangepakt; alle kasten met ...

... used my final day of my eurrail pass for this trip only to find that the trip from Visp station to the Zermatt was not valid despite being told by two train operators that it was. I also couldn't get through to the girl at the station that my eurrail pass allows me discounts for the train but she kept telling me, 'no, no, you can't use anymore days it's full'. Today wasn't the first time I have been stuffed around by the Swiss. It's hard to believe that Einstein was educated here.

... town of Zermatt and its Matterhorn views.

Zermatt is a very small town of only 5000 people with no petrol fueled vehicles at all. They have little electric taxis and horse drawn carriages to take people around. Very cute.

We made our way to our hotel which was unfortunately up a small hill. This would have been ok except for we took a couple of wrong turns and our backpacks were getting heavy!

The receptionist was a lovely guy and explained that the ...

... took Evie back up via the Tram to the top of the Klein Matterhorn just before the last ride at 4:30p. Along the way, they watched a parade of swiss dancers with typical accordian players as they paraded down main street as part of an annual traditional festival.
 
                 

... to climb the Matterhorn the next day. If we had said yes, we would have been awoken at 4:30 for breakfast and began the 7+ hour ascent at 5am. Needlessly to say, we declined. 

Instead, we took the Gondola/Tram/Tram route to the top of the Klein Matterhorn (little Matterhorn) at 3800m for a short ...

... way up to meet Evie and Sue at the playground (after a 5 euro hot chocolate) and we all walked down through some delightful traditional Swiss towns.

                                                 

... not much is going on. The stores were all closed until December so we had to pack up all our groceries from Interlaken. We settled in and just hung out. Played some pool, cards, and did a small little walk up the hill in the afternoon on our first day. The night turned a little more exciting. Even though it was the off season the hostel was still really busy. A crowd of about 20 people formed and in these little hostels everyone eventually starts ...

... in the airport looking for our gate. He was checking in to the Mountain Hostel! It was so weird to run in to a fellow travelor I had met previously. Anyway, Shem got us in to the hostel. We had pizza, beer, and played pool. This place was full of American travelors. Some had just arrived, others ...

... huge face of the Jungfrau, beside the Eiger and Monch peaks, and on the other side of the valley are several lovely little towns and a peak that we're going to the top of, called the Schilthorn. James Bond fans will remember it as the site of the revolving restaurant "Piz Gloria" that figures in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." From the Schilthorn side, we'll be able to see the Eiger and the Jungfrau, instead of being on them, and since I'm assured that the ...

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Here is a video (sorry for the very bad quality)
http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=R5_9hODsqgs