After two delightful days in Zurich, it was time to board a train to Zermatt to see the Matterhorn.
We took an Uber on the short ride to the train station and
then the unexpected happened.
The driver, knowing that we had not taken a train in
Switzerland yet, parked his car and walked our luggage right into the platforms
for the trains. Then he found an
information person and took us right to the correct platform so that we could
walk right on the train when it arrived.
The train was from 8am – 1pm and we had to change
trains. That was a challenge as the
second train was at another platform and we had to go down a ramp, under the
tracks and then up to our platform.
We had 6 minutes to make it and we just did!!
After another hour we arrived in Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn.
These mountains are totally unlike any of the mountains we
have seen before, from Colorado to Alaska to Japan and Mt Fuji. Those mountains that we had seen before rose
up with nice slopes and a volcano type top.
These mountains were jagged monstrous pieces of rock. Petty in their own way.
We had to take 3 cable cars to reach the highest observation
point. At that point we were at 12,000 feet!
The sun was out, it was perfectly clear and an amazing
view. Barb’s blood Oxygen level whet down
in the 80’s and Ed was wobbly and lightheaded.
After getting down to 9,000 and having a pasta lunch we both were just
fine.
Then we went down the mountain and into the main street of down
where we had a delightful dinner of veal sausage, potatoes, etc.
We are very tired from being up in the mountains so we are
getting a good night’s sleep.
Tomorrow, we take 3 trains to get to Geno, our last stop
before boarding the MSC Seashore ship.
Night from the base of the Matterhorn – a very fun day.
