Blogs from Matterhorn, South-West, Switzerland, Europe

Last night we had dinner at a pizza place up the hill from our hotel in the ski village and on the way home down a dark alleyway(that was a shortcut)we passed a house above the road where we could hear a spa pool bubbling away and some low voices talking.With our muscles from the climb up Mt Hochfluh still recovering we would have traded anything to have had 15 minutes in that spa pool to help the recuperation!!!Dreams are free!!!The spa pool at home we certainly miss from time to time when the bed and pillows of the previous night weren't too comfortable!! The plan for today is to drive back up the valley we came down yesterday to Visp near Brig and then head up to Zermatt and the Matterhorn by the Gonergrat cog ... read more

A funny thing happened the other day. We were in Tasch (Switzerland, near the Matterhorn), and in the evening we walked with the kids to a local park. While we were gone the clouds moved in fairly quick (the Alps !), and we made our way back to the campground. When we got back Bron noticed that someone had shut the roof windows on the motor home….enter Peter from Germany. Peter said that he did not want our motor home to get wet, and “Am I here for the marathon ? “. One thing led to another, and before I knew it I was entered in the Zermatt (mountain) marathon. Whilst away I have done a few jogs, but nothing more than 10 km. I told Peter this ,but he said it is a mountain ... read more

Avi, Kelly, Caitlin, Dave, Haldis, and I visit Matterhorn and a tourist town that cannot be driven into.... read more