Where is Ross?

This blog is a record of my travels in Europe during the Summer of 2005. Countries visited include England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Italy, Vatican City, Monaco and Germany.

Friday, August 26, 2005

What to do?


I woke up Friday morning and was feeling pretty sick. I got up kind of early and went out for a walk to see how the weather was. I walked up the street and the matterhorn was still covered in clouds. I wasn't too optimistic about the day and went back to sleep at the hostel for a few more hours. When I got up again the weather had improved slightly, but it was still cloudy. I packed up a bag, bought some food from the grocery store for lunch and went to go figure out what to do. The town of Zermatt is pretty much what you would imagine a swiss resort town to be. There are no cars in town, just a bunch of electric golf carts and little buses. They are really quiet and tend to sneak up on you when you're walking around town. I decided I would take a cog train up the hill and hike around a bit. I didn't really feel good enough to do any serious uphill hiking.
Zermatt is a pretty hardcore mountaineering town. Even in August it is the norm to be walking around in Gore-tex, fleeces and hiking boots with technical climbing backpacks. People look out of place if they aren't carrying a pack with an ice axe strapped to it. This is my sort of town. It was probably the only place on my whole trip where I fit in when I was wearing a north face shirt.

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