View of Zermatt

Our hotel

Sunrise over Matterhorn 1

Sunrise over Matterhorn 2

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View from our hotel room2

View from our hotel room1

Happy hikers

Quaint streets in Zermatt

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Quaint streets in Zermatt2

Quaint streets in Zermatt3

Lovely flower boxes

Old wooden structures abound

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Quaint Zermatt views

Riding the Glacier Express 1

Riding the Glacier Express 2

Glacier Express Railway

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Glacier Express

Gornergrat

So Swiss... Matterhorn, a clock and high altitude

Close to the top...

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...Glaciers abound

Grenz Glacier

Another glacier

High altitude chapel

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Love the mountain

Lunch at foot of Matterhorn

Lunch at 3000 m

More lovely views

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More pretty sights

Cass is ready to hike

After lunch we started our alpine hike

Let the hiking begin

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As we were saying...

... This high up not much grows...

...But we can still hike...

... and the views of the Swiss Alps

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... fill 360 degrees

Plus, there was perfect weather...

.... for pictures

Eating Toblerone at foot of Matterhorn

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Eating Toblerone at Matterhorn

Mountain of chocolate

Mountain of Chocolate2

Obedient Japanese tourists

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Bring on the brandy

Back into the forests ... Lovely views

hiking through forest1

hiking through forest2

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Autumn colours

mountain through the trees

another tree shot

Tadaaaaa

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Zermatt lies in the shadow of the Matterhorn

More views...

...and a stream

Matterhorn

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Stone roofs...

... of quaint Swiss chalets...

... abound on the train ride to and from Zermatt...

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