Switzerland

This is Greich, where we stayed in Switzerland. To get to the village we took a gondola from a lower village, you had to tell the driver you wanted to go to Greich so he would stop at the tower (you can see it in the pictures above). At the tower the driver would take you down in an elevator to get to town. There was a button to push at ground level so they would know to stop and pick you up...it was a unique way to travel.

Gondola...taking supplies somewhere

This was our apartment...top floor on the left
View of the village from our balcony.




Small church in our village.



If you took the gondola up to the top, there was still a lot of snow in Riederalp, Wes skied while I took pictures and read a book.


Another slope, higher altitude, better snow here at Bettmeralp.

The village of Riederalp seen from Bettmeralp


Sunday we took a train to Zermatt...to see the Matterhorn!
The tables on the train had this map showing our route.

On the train....


In Zermatt





Here it is...The Matterhorn!
 

We ate goulash soup and cheese fondue for lunch on the patio here at the 3100Klum Hotel restaurant.  It was -7C/19.4F...but the sun was warm and as you can see we have our coats off.


3100KlumHotel...has telescopes on either end,
but I don't know if they are still used.


Can't get enough of this mountain!

St. Nickolas, just one of many villages along our train route.

There were a lot of waterfalls.


Our train



Two bridges along the way.



Lake near Thun


Highland cattle




Sunrise Monday morning before we left to catch our gondola, then a train, then a different train, then a plane to get back to Kraków.