Zermatt and the Matterhorn

[glacier_kitty]

Today mom and I went to Zermatt to see the Matterhorn. I woke up feeling kinda better, but now mom has the cold! Boo. Luckily we just had to switch trains once on the way. It was another gorgeous day and all the mountains and glacial rivers looked so pretty! There was also a cool glacier you could see from the train. Mom had been to Zermatt before (many years ago) but when we arrived she said nothing looked familiar. We decided to take the gondola to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise (how could I not?? Haha). Mom wanted to do that when she was in Zermatt before, but it was too cloudy. She thought she'd never be back to do it! It was super epic..there were glaciers everywhere!! When you got high enough the gondola went right over these glaciers and awesome looking icefalls and crevasses and stuff. *swoons* I think I took too many pics haha..it's impossible not to when I see glaciers though. :P At the top was a building with restaurants and shops and stuff (there were lots of skiers too!). There were great views up there! It was over 12,000 feet though..I just felt weird. I had a headache and I felt shaky and not in my head all the way haha. We didn't stay there very long since we had to ride the train back, but I did manage to get a pic of me in front of the Matterhorn (epic mountain!). I felt awful on the ride down..my ears were all messed up (mom's were too) and I just felt..weird. Note to self..don't go up to high altitudes when sick. We tried to catch the next train, but there were no taxis and we weren't fast enough (there are no cars allowed in Zermatt, just taxis/buses and emergency vehicles, which are all electric). We had an hour, so we ate lunch and got on the next train. I was still feeling weird and there were all these screaming kids on the train..I felt like I was having an anxiety attack or something. We made it back in time for dinner, but I was not feeling well at all..I was nauseous and just couldn't take any more stimulation, so I went back to the hotel and took a nice shower and now I'm relaxing. I still feel weird though..I hope it goes away! I think I'm done with high altitude for awhile haha. I hope I feel better by tomorrow, since we're going hiking. We'll just have to take it slow..



St. Pancras station..it looks epic!





The station we arrived at in Paris

Streets of Paris



The train station we departed from

French countryside

The Ill River in Strasbourg..so lovely! (It didn't look sick to me :P)

Cool church

Strasbourg Cathedral..so epic!





It is?? Haha!











Time to visit the cathedral!

The bells bells bells bells of Notre Daaaaame (its name in French is Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg haha)



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Inside



Getting foggy..

View from below

This might control the bells..



Our awesome view :P

Flying buttresses!

What a cute gargoyle!

Strasbourg has lots of churches..













Hehh :P

In Switzerland, on the way to Kandersteg!

"See" is lake in German..YAY I'M LEARNING THINGS. Haha

Cool mountain in Kandersteg



Nice river!





I spy the Eiger!







Yay glacier! The pointy snowy peak is called the Silverhorn



The Eiger and the Monch and Eiger Glacier in the middle (or Eigergletscher in German..I love their word for glacier!)







Eiger wall!

One of the viewing windows in the tunnel



Looking down (cool shadow of the Eiger too!)

LOOK HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE GLACIER



My "omg glacier" face haha









Looking down the Aletsch Glacier from the top

Nice moraines!



I think this is the Monch

That looks dangerous..











You could walk up there, but we didn't have time













I loved these birds..they ate bread right out of my hand!

O HAI

Entering the ice palace

The floor was fun to walk on haha



Haha!! Aw, poor Scrat :P











Looking down at Kleine Scheidegg

Woohoo!!! Hanging out by the Eiger!! :D

I LOVE THIS PIC SO MUCH. One of my absolute favorites <3



We were up there between the Eiger and Monch

Nice view from Kleine Scheidegg!



The North Face of the Eiger :D

I LOVE ALL THE COWS EVERYWHERE! Haha! The have huge bells around their necks and they're really loud :P

Grindelwald I think

More pics later :P

Comments

[hamarakissa.livejournal.com]

AMAZING pictures!!! :D High altitude can totally make you sick :x especially on top of already being a bit sick. Glad you had an amazing time though! It's looks absolutely gorgeous! I would totally move there :)

[foxydanish.livejournal.com]

Absolutely love all the pictures! Switzerland is just WAY too beautiful. Those birds that ate right out of your hand look like freaking hawks! Haha. That's so awesome that you got to see the Matterhorn, even if you didn't feel that hot. I hate how altitude can mess with you, especially when you are already sick. I'm glad you're feeling better and had some moments to relax though! Thanks for sharing the SUPER AWESOME pics haha.

[ice-queen82.livejournal.com]

Hope you're feeling better!
Zermatt is amazing, I'd love to go back, fabulous pics