Tried to turn thid shot around but couldn't. This is us on the home run with the Matterhorn,,,well at least some of itin the back ground

Big and wideand not particularly steep.

This is the view we had down to the Italian ski resort of Cerviniaand we actually skied down there

We did come to do some skiing.There are 3 mountains joined by gondolas, cable cars and chair lifts. As you can see, the sky is blue and the mountains white..as i should be but rarely is.

We spent the first two days walking inthe snow to try to get the legs working. There are some spectacular walks out form Zermattand this one took us up to the village of Z'mutt. As with walking or skiing there is a lovely chalet with hot chocolate or beer an some sort of torte and the ubiquitous fondue, raclette and rosti.

The blog is going weird on me so I can't make it write in black or stop underlining the text. Bear with this. Last Saturday we arrived by train in Zermatt. The train ride was spectacular even before we turned into the Zermatt valley at Visp. Zermatt is the largest ski resort in Europe but bits of the old town with its traditional wood chalet style houses is preserved. There are far to many watch shops but just enough clothing shops to make browsing a delight. Above Zermatt looms the Matterhorn and in the town next to the catholic church is the "Climbers Cemetry"..self explanatory.

The town of Martigny is just across the French border and in the heart of a valley with flat agricultural land. It has a beautiful Art Museum complete with famous sculpture garden and museum for beautifully retored old cars..the drawcard for Bryan.Interesting sculptures too!

Another older clock tower @ Evian behind the old spa.

The clocktower at Evian which houses the police station

A traditional house along the lakeshore.

We found another "Folie" at Evian

We took the boat from Lausanne to Evian des Baines..the home of Evian water. Evian is a spa town on the south shore of Lake Geneva. The spa is long gone and the water is bottled at Amphion 6km down the road but the town is quaint and had crepes and galletes and lots of boats.

This is the Swiss Hotel school in Caux above Montreux located in an old palace.

This is the view from Montreux out the hotel window at day break

this the view I'm talking about!

Rocher ges Nayes

We headed up to a little local ski lift at the top of the mountain above Montreux where the view is even more spectacular. The trip is by rack and pinion railway. As you go up you see the terraced vineyards.The local wine of the Vaud region is very easy to drink. Its quite sweet by comparison with Australian wines

Bryan & Sue take on Switzerland

After 38 hours flight via LA and a train trip on the quietest and cleanest trains on the planet Bryan made it to Montreux and settled in to the Eden Du Lac Hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva. The hotel is 112 years old and the first hotel in Montreux and is suitably old withe trademark yellow awnings.The view across the lake to the mountains in france is the reason its here. It is a stunning place. The conference was attended intermittently by Sue and the rest of the time the was a bit of sightseeing.