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Next Stop Verbier

Today was a fairly low key day for us.  Before we get there, we should let you know about our dinner last night.  We went to Restaurant Du Pont last night for some fondue.  This was one of the oldest restaurants in Zermatt.  Compared to Ferdinand’s earlier in the week, it was not as good; however, we were still happy to be eating cheese.

After eating dinner, we headed back to the hotel to pack and attempt to update the blog so images aren’t rotated.  Unfortunately, there is a bug where it looks right on an iPad or iPhone but is flipped on a computer.  I think we now have it fixed.  We also worked on trying to get the subscribe option to work.  Therefore, let us know if you get an email notification about this blog post or if you don’t.

This morning, we left the hotel in our electric chariot taking us to the train.

Today was our last time of making the transfer via train.  The train was pulling in as we arrived at the station.  Once loaded up we headed down the mountain to Tasch to pick up our car/minivan.

The car we got is 4×4 but unfortunately is quite big and ugly.  We didn’t get a photo of it but we will at some point.  I’ll use this for an example:

The drive from Tasch to Verbier was fairly grey.  It looked like the views would have been nice but was mostly covered by either clouds, fog, or smog.  We couldn’t tell.  Anyways, here is a brief clip showing our drive in.

Once we got here, it was a little too late to hit the hill.  Instead we went and grabbed some lunch at some sort of health food cafe that is part of the W Hotel.  We both had bowls and I had a juice.  It was nice to eat something healthy after eating so much cheese.  The rest of the day is fairly uneventful.  Mostly, laundry, settling in to the new hotel, and getting important supplies such as hotel wine.  The one thing I will say about this hotel is it is not nearly as nice as Zermatt.  That being said it will do for the three nights we are here.

 

 

Next Stop Switzerland

As you saw before, we packed most of our bags last week.   Today is the day we leave for our epic adventure.  With the few final touches, the bags are all packed up.

Look at all of those bags!  So many we had to take the biggest Uber ever.  $99 and it wasn’t even surge pricing!

We got to the airport and Dave had to take a business call at the most opportune time:

Surprisingly, with all seven bags (not counting our carry-ons), there were no baggage fees.  Thanks Swiss Air!  Getting through security was relatively easy.  Dave’s bag got searched, of course.  After a short walk, we made it to the United Lounge to enjoy all the luxurys of lounge life.

The lounge is packed and the only space available is in the pay-phone room where there is barely enough space for both of us.  Luckily there was free sparkling water to quench Dave’s thirst.

The hardest part of all of this is obviously saying goodbye to the dogs.  Luckily they are in good hands.  Thanks to my parents for watching them in the beginning and end.  They will have a fun time out in the country as well.

Our next update to the Site will be from Switzerland, so get excited!