Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Zermatt -- there and back again

It was a lovely few days in Zermatt with Alastair and Swiss Mister's family! We had to come back to Zurich (Swiss Mister has a big presentation at work, and Swiss Miss has a job interview today...in Stuttgart!), but you can't keep us away from the mountains for long -- we'll be on the 7pm train to Zermatt tonight.

The train will help us avoid this weird motor rail crossing we enjoyed on Saturday. We had to drive onto a train (paying 30CHF for the privilege), then spend about half an hour in a pitch-black tunnel. We were not expecting this, and let's just say that Garmin/SatNav did a poor job explaining.
Here is a video of us hepped up on salami sandwiches, chips, and chocolate, riding the rails and being silly. The "walking people" we're talking about were waved onto the car track and told to run down it for reasons we could not fathom. This video is also a good example of shitty Canadian English: note Swiss Mister's "ehs" and "likes," and his appropriation of British expressions ("tosser"). He is so jealous of Alastair.



The question remains: where is the Anti-Matterhorn?
Swiss Mister has admitted that he loves Swiss Miss
just a little bit more, now that she is a skier.

Swiss Miss to Alastair:
"You're a great skier! You don't look British at all!"
Note the people for scale. Cuh-razy.
Stay tuned for more scenic vistas...

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