European Vacation: Wednesday July 24 Switzerland

This morning we had breakfast at the hotel and look what I saw among the greenery next to our table?

I think it's a good sign. The angels are taking care of us!

Interesting note: at most breakfast tables they put some kind of plastic container which is for us to put our garbage in. Smart, eh?

Next we took a taxi into the town of Zermatt to get a closer look at The Matterhorn.... one of the highest peaks in the Alps 4,478 m high and is on the border between Switzerland and Italy.

As we were walking we saw this herd of black & white goats going way up the side of a hill with a herdsman.

Zermatt is a very busy little town. We saw many hikers and I'm sure it is quite busy with skiers in the winter time. There are many shops and restaurants/cafes.

There are no private vehicles but a lot of these kinds of trucks delivering goods. There are many bikes too. People seem to manage quite well in spite of the hilly streets. I think they must be in better shape than me.

Many flower boxes adorn the fronts of buildings which look so pretty. Sandy loved this building

We had to walk on a very steep street up to the Matterhorn. I was amazed at the gardens in the backyards of peoples homes. There was a gentleman working in his beautiful garden as we passed by

This is the water that flows through town and leads to a gorge.

THE MATTERHORN

It's amazing how the look of the Matterhorn changes as clouds form around it.

We got up to the viewing area and there was a small "park" with a couple of benches. Tom & I sat and just watched the mountain as the clouds moved around it changing the view, and watched people hiking up to different trails. It was such a peaceful setting.

Back in town Tom got himself a veal sausage. They serve them BIG here.LOL
Interesting thing is they do not put the sausage on a bun but serve it with a hunk of bread. We all had a taste. Very good!

Can you imagine para-sailing in this area? We saw this on our way out of Zermatt. Michael thought this looked like a fun thing to do.

We are now traveling to our next destination: Interlaken, Germany. Below is a train that we rode on with the car! Michael had to drive the car onto the train ... it had open sides but with a roof over top. It was 18 km ride in a tunnel through the mountain. Awesome experience.