Blogs from Zermatt, South-West, Switzerland, Europe

HELLO, Helllo, helllo... from the Western Alps. More specifically, the Matterhorn peak. Today has been the highlight of this trip...so far. After traveling hours and hours my train to get here, it has been soo worth it. The town of Zermatt is absolutely beautiful and the people are all friendly. It is surrounded on all sides by mountains, clear blue skies and big fluffy clouds. We sat down a lovely hotel restaurant for lunch, and trying to stick with the local foods I ordered Pasta Apline which turned out to be mac n cheese with ham and onions... delicious. Teresa ordered barley soup which was also very good, but it came in a cream sauce which was different. I am very thankful she decided not to go with the oxtail soup, which is a delicacy but ... read more

First thing, for those who have not realized this yet... When I post pictures from my phone, they show up in the previous entry. So always check a previous entry if I have not written anything, there are probably pictures. This will not be a long entry because the keyboard is different and it is driving me crazy. The Y and Zs are in different places. You do not know how much you use those letters until they are not where they are supposed to be. Anzwho, I am off to Paris tomorrow morning to be with Alexa!!!!! xo Will write more on a normal keyboard at some point. When there hasnt been jameson throughout the evening.... read more

Waking to a cloudless day could not have been better for our ascent to the perfect viewing point to see the Matterhorn. To get there we needed to travel by the cog rail Gornergrat train. What a magnificent piece of engineering to enable passengers to climb over 1400 metres in perfect comfort to view such great mountain scenery. From the top of the Gornergrat railway the Matterhorn is dominant. No one can deny its majesty and on such a perfect day the view takes your breath away. It is hard to imagine how such a mountain can be climbed. Once you get your breath back you can then take in the view of the Italian mountains that reach over 4500 metres and the dramatic glaciers down their slopes. With the 360° view you get the opportunity ... read more

Planning a trip as long as ours is not an easy undertaking. In order to get from Kenya to Greece in X amount of days with X amount of transportation, we carefully had to choose our favorite destinations. I had two places I wanted to see more than most others. First, I wanted to make it to Poland. With the most Polish of last names, I wanted to make it to the land of my ancestors. Unfortunately, Poland was too far outside of our travel loop to make it possible. The second place I really wanted to go was Zermatt. Zermatt is a picturesque Swiss mountain ski village and home to the legendary Matterhorn. On Lauren's family boat in Huntington Beach, we came very close to cancelling our trip to Zermatt because it was going to ... read more

How lucky I am to have been invited to share this last week of my trip with Chris and Sue's last week. Not ever having skiied, I would never have come to such a place. So different from anywhere I have ever been before. It really has to be seen to be believed. So beautiful and so amazing. It is fascinating to see so many people form different countries all enthusiastically skiing in this winter wonderland amid the Alps. Everyone is doing it...families with children and babies, older people ... Then they all seem to enjoy sitting on terraces eating and drinking in the sunshine. It has not been cold this week, although I believe it is going to get cold again tomorrow. I had a try and was quite successful, but felt that for me ... read more

After 2 nights travell with the train from Bucharest ( and one day Viena visited) i was arrived in Zermatt. The travell are was verry fascinated with the Glacier Express from Visp to Zermatt. The hotel wherre i was make reservation are verry wonderfull and clean with frendly staff and i recomanded that - Primavera Hotel clasified on 2 star, situated on short distance from railway station and center of Zermatt. From Zermatt i was go to Gornergratt to se the sunrise moment, and other mountains images. For photos i used one CANON 7D and CANON L series lens, except the 8-16 mm from SIGMA... read more

Zermatt We have now returned from the last big adventure, its winding down now. Last entry we were on the way to St Moritz, we got into there about 3.30 Had a good walk around in the daylight, up the hill above town and around the lake. It's a picture perfect town but a bit too ritzy for me. Apart from the cold and the scenery, the first thing you notice around these parts in the prices.  Must be one of the most expensive places in Europe. We leave early in the morning on the Glacier Express, billed as the worlds slowest express train, for 8hours it winds it's way through mountains, valleys, tunnels and across very impressive bridges to the town of Zermatt, at the foot of the famous Matterhorn. The train has a ... read more

On August 5 we left Corfu. We took the shuttle to the ferry port, waited for the next ferry to Igoumenitsa where we caught an overnight ferry to Ancona, Italy. Now this ferry was huge. I don’t remember if we mentioned Dan’s disappointment in the size of our last ferry. But he had previously been on a cruise-like ship and this most recent boat didn't meet his standards. However, this ship did. It had a swimming pool, several lounges and dining areas and more. We set up camp in one of the lounges where we hung out most of the night, watched movies and eventually fell asleep. We thought it would be great to go to Zermatt in Switzerland. So we took a train from Ancona to Milan where we got on another train to Brig. ... read more