Zermatt and the Matterhorn
After a pleasant breakfast we headed for the nearby railway station (like, two minutes away!) and spent a considerable amount of money on purchasing tickets to go up to Gornergrat station, the end of the line of the cogwheel railway.
The train was packed, and it was clear why. The weather was perfect, the air was still and clear. At the risk of overdoing it I will post below some of the photos we took this morning.
Some views of Zermatt on the way back down:
Then in the afternoon we visited the Matterhorn museum to see a whole lot of interesting stuff about the climbs to the peak, and also what life was like in the 19th-century on the mountains.
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Fab trip up the mountain – not cheap though. Mal and I skied up there a few years ago. It was absolutely gorgeous. Have never seen Zermatt without snow but it’s good to see that in true Swiss style, there are perfect Lego houses in perfect Lego gardens and never a bit of rubbishy anywhere. What a great theme park Switzerland is haha. 🇨🇭🇨🇭❤️❤️
All the trains seem to run exactly on time, somewhat like Japan.
You say that it was crowded and YES there are people!! I’ve been struck by how few people there are in your photos! (especially that town you were in on the Sunday.) Are there other tourists there or are you managing to avoid photographing them? It is absolutely beautiful.
For privacy reasons I’ve tried to avoid photographing nearby people’s faces. Obviously this wouldn’t be possible if the streets were *really* crowded. I’ll usually wait a moment for oncoming pedestrians to pass me, and then take a photo while others are still in the distance. The *inside* of the train was indeed very crowded, which is why there is no photo of it.
I love it that there is a carriage for bicycles!
Yes, a pedestrian-only town, lots of bicycles everywhere, and provision for them on various trains. Some trains had a bicycle only compartment.