Zermatt and The Matterhorn

After the falls, we drove down to Taesch. We stayed the night and woke up the next morning and took the train to Zermatt. Zermatt is also a car-free town. It was a bigger and cooler town than Wengen. It had horse carriages to take people places. There were choirs singing. It was a cool town. We loved the bakery and ice cream they had. From here, we took a cable car to get higher on the mountain. We would have hiked it, but we didn't have the time. While we were going up the mountain in the cable car, the Matterhorn was right in front of us. This was the main highlight of this peak. We could also see lots of other peaks. It was stunning. The Swiss Alps are beautiful. It felt like we were on top of the world. There is a tram that goes up to the top of the mountain range. But we couldn't go because children under the age of 3 are not allowed on top. The altitude is too high for them. When we come back with no kids, we are doing that. Anyway, the Matterhorn was a sight to see. It is HUGE! A lot bigger than the one at Disneyland. We sat for a while but we able to see it with no clouds. We could see the very top. The pictures don't do it justice. It is very cool!

After the Matterhorn, we checked out Zermatt and then headed back to Germany. When we drove to Zermatt, our GPS took us all the way around a big mountain. We were wondering why there wasn't a way to get through the mountain. So driving home we took a different route. The GPS cautioned us that there was going to be a motorail. But we went anyway. There was a motorail. It was pretty cool. There is no road to get on the otherside of the mountain that doesn't go around it. But there is a train track so they have a motorail. We drove our car onto a train. The train carried probably about 50 cars. All the cars lined up. Then the train started. The train took us right through the middle of the mountain. We were in complete darkness for 15 minutes. It was pretty neat. Sometime the car would shake from side to side. That was a little scary, but overall a very fun thing to do. If the GPS gives us this option again, we will do it. It took aver an hour off the drive and only cost 16 euros. It was one of those experiences we can't have back home.



Matterhorn