http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Switzerland , South-West , Zermatt en-us Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:28:13 +0000 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:28:13 +0000 Managed a solid six hours of boarding which is a good effort considering the size of the mountains.. Hard on the old legs. Had a go on the half pipe and im pretty sure i have a brocken arm and maybe a few brocken ribs..nah abit of rr and it should be sweet Also played the how many asian tourists you can spray when they fall over game lucky for me a whole Asian tour group was on the mountain go http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-445212.html It was snowing really heavily in the village yesterday which was the coolest thing ever i felt like a three year old kid when you first see snow. But today it has completely cleared up. The Matterhorn is closed because of the strong winds on the the peak around 46kph. So because of the visibilty I went hiking with two other Australians Matt and Andrew also staying at the Matterhorn Hostel. We http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-444925.html The Matterhorn is still closed. The wind isnt as strong as yesterday but the temperature at the peak is minus fifteen degrees. Instead of going to Interlaken I am going to stay here until I am able to snowboard this stupid mountain. The train to Interlaken is a budget crunching 80Franks so its probably a good idea i dont go. I also found out that with Eurail one country isnt one day you can go a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-444919.html Well here we are in lovely Switzerland At the moment we are having a lazy day catching up on a bit of reading napping and blogging. Half the reason for this is because our feet are quite sore and the other half is due to the weather. We have rain and thunder today so itrsquos quite nice being wrapped up in the van while watching the rain hit the glaciers above us.We are currently staying near http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-424729.html To be fair I only visited for a few hours and had a really horrible day. My Mom and I had one of our motherdaughter blowups and I decided to go to Zermatt alone. I really wish we both weren't so stubborn sometimesAnywho my Mom and I had the FlexiSaver Swiss rail pass which required that both travelers travel together at all times. Since I was taking the 3hr each way train ride alon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-417508.html On the 7th July we fly to Geneva to begin the Walkers Haute Route. The world famous skiers Haute Route High Level Route was turned into a high altitude trek years ago and is 180km between Mont Blanc Chamonix and the Matterhorn Zermatt. It should hopefuly take us 13 days and we'll post some pictures and a trip report excitement here before we head off to Canada on 27th July. I have put http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-411851.html Morning spent wandering around Lugano before a stop at a swiss chocolate shop for a second breakfast. Then back into Italy and onto Lake Maggiore. A short boat trip to visit the island of Isola Bella a magnificently located palace and garden island. Lunch on the island before a visit of the palace where both Napolean and Mussolini had been famous visitors. Then back into Switzerland and up thro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-388806.html Just got back from Switzerland and it was amaaazzinng I think the best trip so far.Last week I decided I want to go out every night that i have left in Madrid We dont have much time left at all.. and I know that once real school starts back up again I'll wish I was here having fun so thats my new goal . and its worked out so far so yayMonday night A friend that I went to Toledo with and is stu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-349998.html Uno de los paseos mas bonitos que hicimos un Suiza fue a Zermatt un hermoso y pintoresco pueblito ubicado al pie de una de las montaas mas famosas del mundo el Matterhorn.Para llegar all hay que ir a Tsch y luego tomar el tren Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn que tarda unos 20 minutos en subir hasta el pueblo.Salimos temprano de la casa de los tos sabiendo que bamos a tener casi 2 horas de viaje h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-339096.html Hmm... it's been a while since I posted. I think I've been having too much fun climbing mountains.I guess I should go back and fill in some details from the last couple weeks since my last update didn't contain much. The bad news... I don't have photos to include. Again. Well I HAVE photos I just can't add them. This computer keeps crashing every time I try. Bah I promise a truly outrag http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-321947.html It's a Small World After all. It's a world of laughter a world or tearsItrsquos a world of hopes itrsquos a world of fear.Therersquos so much that we sharethat its time we're awareitrsquos a small world after all Since I was a small child and visited Disneyland for the first time the Matterhorn has always fascinated me. For some reason my first real glimpse of the Matterhorn had m http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-321264.html Tuesday morning I set off for Zermatt. I caught the 856 bus so a fairly sociable time After arriving in Zermatt at about 1230 I went straight to the campsite to set my tent up and leave my things there. After heading into Zermatt via the coop to get some food I had a wander around. It is virtually the same as when I was there 5 years ago nothing seems to have changed. I started checking out t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-317479.html Greetings to allWe wanted to take a quick opportunity to send out some birthday greetings to some very special people.Happy Birthday shout outs go toAnnaLynne's wonderful sister in TennesseeChazJohn's brilliant nephew in FloridaLauraOur special friend in AlaskaAs everyone can tell we are a little behind on our blog updates. Please be patient.We have received an overwhelming amount of e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-315890.html Hello again blogaddicted fiends. Helping you say NO to rehab here's another shot of our greattasting goesdownsmooth travel blog. EnjoyTo begin you must know that Switzerland is one of our favorite places in the world. Despite all the places on Earth that we've yet to see it seems that Switzerland is a place that we continue to return to over and over again. This past weekend Gabriela http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-308731.html Today was the day to see the Matterhorn you've seen the pictures and ridin' the ride at Disneyland. It is as you would imagine a small tourist town in Switzerland. Snow on the mountains skiing all year long and 90 hotels and electric taxis and buses.The day was filled with a mountain ride to the 3100 metre point of a mountain then a 6 hour walk down back to the village. Surprisingly our nec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-306796.html We are in Zermatt a ski resort at the base of The Matterhorn. We took a train up here through steep mountains and tunnels to arrive in the snow. It is like being in a Christmas card scene. When the sun came out the next day we were able to see the Matterhorn a mighty site. Mark had a perfect first day snowboarding fresh snow and plenty of sunshine. Later he took me in the cable car to the base http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-262391.html Leah and I decided our itinerary across Switzerland wasnrsquot jam packed enough so somehow found time to squeeze in some sightseeing of the Swiss Alps between Geneva and Bern.We started the day with a stunning train ride right along the north coast of Lake Geneva before heading into the mountains then swapping trains to make our way up into the Alps to Zermatt.We had a small look around Zerma http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-252919.html Italy was a cool place but we were excited to see our friend Pia and check out some cool mountain towns. We ended up in Lucerne which is a chilled out Swiss town and were utterly shocked when we walked out of the train station and saw snow on the ground...in THE ALPS Huh whod have thought We were told that snow was expected everyday we were there so we were thinking of heading to the local http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-220158.html It seems like ages ago that we were in Switzerland now and of course once again I am very much behind with the update. We are now in France and I'm using a French keyboard and that is not the easiest thing to do so wont be wiriting to much.Our first port of call was Zurich and the largest city in Swizerland and is on the banks of a massive lake. The city centre was mainly the old style which was g http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-213184.html One day I'm working in an office with no windows in London the next I'm working in Switzerland taking a group of guests around the best bits of Switzerland with beautiful scenery in every direction. Starting in Lucerne and followed by Davos Zermatt and Grindelwald...the scenery just got better and better. I had forgotten how tiring repping actually is but also forgot how wonderful it is to be ab http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-208474.html