Travel Beyond Japan: 9月 2012

2012年9月21日金曜日

Good bye, my camera!

August 3, 2012

The Matterhorn Glacier Paradise:3883m. We went up to there by ropeways.

a scene through the window of the ropeway

Matterhorn Glacier Paradise

Many people was enjoying ski.

We went to Glacier Palace.

It occurred there. It was very cold in the palace. I took out my scarf and put on it around my neck while having my camera on my wrist. I noticed that I didn't bring my camera with me when we had coffee 20 minutes later. I was very overwhelmed to learn that I lost my camera. I couldn't find it, although I followed our routes. I didn't know where I lost it. However! Look at this picture! My camera fell to left of my feet and you can see it in a picture that my husband took me with his camera. Oh, my God!
It was too shocking to remember other memories.

2012年9月17日月曜日

Festival

August 1, 2012

The day we arrived at Zermatt was National Foundation Day of Switzerland. They had a festival in the evening in its main road.

"Raclett"

Very good!

A folk song group played music in traditional costume; it was wonderful and so fun.

We also enjoyed fireworks for the 100 year anniversary from the balcony of our hotel room. We could not only see the fireworks of the city but also fireworks from each hotel, here and there in the sky for about two hours.

Matterhorn!

August 2, 2012

We went up to Gornergrat by cable car to see the great Matterhorn .

A cable car of Gornergrat-Matterhorn Railway

People in the cable car got excited when Matterhorn appeared through windows!

Gornergrat observatory

On our way up back to Zermatt, we got off the cable car at Rothenboden, and hiked to Riffelberg to see Riffelsee Lake reflecting the Matterhorn.

I really relaxed and felt comfortable seeing the views of nature.

Riffelsee Lake reflecting the Matterhorn

A man and Matterhorn

While we stayed in Zermatt, we enjoyed many aspects of Matterhorn from different directions. The Matterhorn is surrounded by many peaks, but the Matterhorn was by far the highest, it looked always alone. I was very attracted to this aspect. I loved the Matterhorn. It was the most impressive and noble mountain I had ever seen before.

Zermatt

August 1, 2012

Zermatt is a unique town. There are no gas-powered cars in order to protect its environment from gas emissions. All cars are electric cars like this.

We stayed at Mirabeau Hotel. I liked it; it was very comfortable.

I was very moved by looking at Matterhorn from our balcony of our room.

2012年9月15日土曜日

Glacier Express!

August 1, 2012

St. Moritz station

Finally the day has come! We were looking forward to getting on the express train. The train is called "express" but it is also said that this is "the slowest express in the world" because it runs into the mountains up and down. We enjoyed the long train trip; it took about 8 hours from St. Moritz to Zermatt.

A= St. Moritz 　B= Zermatt

It is amazing Switzerland has such a great railway technology; the train runs throughout Swiss Alps. The highest point is Oberalp Pass: 2033m. The lowest point is Chur: 585m. It is a good idea that the express train runs slowly, because this way, people do not easily get sick from the change in altitude.

We rode in the panorama car.

These are beautiful scenes through the windows.

Landwasser Viaduct

We enjoyed lunch while taking in the scenery through the windows. It was a perfect time!

The glass is designed not to spill the wine

We started St. Moritz at 9:15 a.m. and arrived at Zermatt at 5:00 p.m. The 8 hour-train-trip was long, I was a little tired, although it was a wonderful experience for me. I was very happy when I arrived at Zermatt.

Heidi Flower Trail

July 31, 2012

On our way going down from Piz Nair, we stopped at the Chantarella(2005m) to hike along "Heidi Flower Trail" to St. Moritz(1856m). It was about a 4 km course. It was great enjoying flowers and a view of St. Moritz Lake from the course.