Our last day in lovely $witzerland, we awoke in Zermatt, under down comforters to see the Matterhorn out our hostel window. I guess you get what you pay for. It was pretty spectacular.
We headed down to a breakfast and good coffee.....I was walking down the stairs sideways and slowly, after the 5 mile trek down the mountain the day before......there was no way we were going hiking again for awhile......but we had most of the day in this town, so we could (1) go up by train to Gornergrat or (2) go shopping. Hard choice. We decided it would be better to enjoy an experience instead of buy a new sweatshirt, so off we went to the mountain train.
A fun train ride up the steep mountainside. Beautiful views from the observation point. Warm sun against the patio rocks. Slippery trails and a cup of tea. We took many pictures and then headed back down to the valley in Zermott to take our train back to Vevey.
Mikael's dad picked us up at the train station in Vevey and took us back to his home. We did laundry, took showers, had pizza for dinner and packed to leave at 4:30 the next morning. Good-bye to the most gorgeous country, great fondues, expensive watches and good people. We enjoyed our hiatus from the road and the hospitality of both of Mikael's parents in their homes, but we were ready to get back on the road.......
