A sunny day in the mountains

Saturday in Zermatt finally brought us some sun and clear skies. We woke up relatively early, only to realize we had a great view of the Matterhorn right out of our hotel room window. The picture below was taken from the terrace outside of our room. Pretty awesome, right? I think it looks a little fake, but that's the real deal!

Matterhorn over Zermatt

We had planned to go up the Matterhorn Express to experience those views, but because of strong winds it was closed. Instead, we went up to Sunnegga, then to Blauherd, then on up to Rothorn. We changed cable cars at each of the stations, and actually went up to Rothorn first, so that we could then work our way back down.

The Swiss and Kanton flags at Rothorn

It was really cold at Rothorn, and we finally felt some of the wind that closed the other lift. I think I was feeling the altitude a little bit more than the previous day, so we headed inside and had some coffee and hot chocolate to warm up a little and pass some time before heading down the mountain for a lunch reservation.

34 weeks at the Matterhorn

When we ventured back outside, BK had me pose for the above picture, then we ran into Lucky the dog and his person. Lucky is a Swiss mountain dog, who has the job of posing for pictures with skiers and visitors all day. We had to take part and have a couple of pictures made. The only bad thing about it was that we about froze to death waiting behind a huge group of teenage girls who all had to have five different poses with the dog. It was a bit painful, especially when the wind picked up even more!

 

After we finished with our picture taking, we headed down to Blauherd, where we found a great bar called Blu Lounge. Since it was sunny and we had come down out of the wind, the patio at this place was a great place to hang out. When we got there there was one lone guy playing guitar and singing, then we he took a break, a larger group played. The larger group was a little different- they were part of Carnival happening in Zermatt, and were dressed in pretty funny costumes. They weren't quite as together as the other guy, but it was amusing none the less. We also had lunch at this place- if you're in Zermatt, make the trip up here.

Band playing at Blu Lounge

After we finished lunch, we headed all the way back down the mountain, into Zermatt for some walking around and a little shopping before catching the train back to Basel. While walking around we ran into some real, live curling happening in the center of Zermatt. As it seems like curling is all BBC shows from the Olympics, I had to get a pic of the real deal.

Curling matches

We headed home that evening so that BK and I could go to our Planning for Parenthood class on Sunday. Zermatt is a great Swiss destination that I would highly recommend visiting if you're over here and have a couple of days to spend exploring. I'm really interested in going back during the summer to see what it's like and experience a different side of the village.

Like I said, BK and I had class on Sunday. I'll fill you in on all the new things we learned about parenthood soon, along with the adventures of this week…be back soon!