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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