As a young kid I remember a picture book (not a comic), where Donald Duck was travelling by train in Europe. In this particular book (not comic) the destination and the central point of the story was Matterhorn. Can’t remember the exact details, or even if it was in fact Donald Duck, but the name of the mountain stuck. Later, much later, visiting Disneyland, I got the connection. This Swiss mountain inspired someone at Disney, and they constructed a 1/100 scale model of the original and threw a roller coaster for good measure. Just to make it a bit more interesting. And commercial. Later than that, much later, after many years of unintentionally avoiding Switzerland, I finally made it to the Swiss alps. In winter, skiing would be the natural choice of activity. It’s a shame
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