Another Beautiful Day - Wednesday September 18th

We woke in the night to a dripping sound in the bathroom.
Greg got up to investigate,
Turns out the room above ours had a "problem"
but no one was available at the desk downstairs so,
Greg went upstairs and Knocked on the door.
a man came to the door,
in a towel,
and said,
"problem - all better"

fires returned,

used all our towels to mop up the water on the floor

and the dripping stopped.

(like the man said, " problem - all better")

After finally falling back asleep,

We woke about 7:10 

got up, dressed,

and went downstairs to another yummy breakfast 

breads, cheeses, yoghurt, granola, juice...

I even had a hot chocolate

the clear night before meant for a chilly morning!

Just 2° c 

brrr

But what a view!

After breakfast

we put on ALL our clothes...

(Just kidding)

and rode the

gondola, then the cable car, then another gondola,

then Another Cable car

To the top of

Paradise Glacier

amazing to be up in the Mountain tops

folks were skiing up there!

Then we visited the tourist spots

inside a glacier!

ice sculptures,

a ride down a tight little ice tube!

Greg is seriously claustrophobic

but did it anyways! 

Then after a rest at the top in the ski lodge,

watching folks put on this ski gear,

and some putting on

their serious hiking gear

(there were groups hiking up

through the snow

to the peak above us-

my pictures weren't great, 

but it was fun to see them with our own eyes

making their way!

We hopped back on the cable cars and gondolas

and jumped off early (not the bottom)

and hiked up a ways

To a very cool

bridge! 

then hiked for about 1.5 hours

back down to our hotel.

At the gondola station where we started today,

(right next to our hotel)

They have a live cam

of the top.

It was now

-2° C

and windy

and in the clouds

we had a perfect day.

It WAS cold up there,

but we were

prepared.

"The cold never bothered us"

nor did the over

12,000 ft elevation

Troupers are we!

now a little rest

and then off to town

to do more

exploring

(and maybe a little more shopping!)

(just a little of what we saw on our hike down Today,

 famous black nosed sheep)

above, if you look closely, you can see the hikers.

This was a picture Greg took!.Pretty cool

This is a picture someone else took of us on the top of

Paradise Glacier

This is looking back from the top of

Paradise Glacier

You ride up an elevator to get to the top,

from the

cable car

to the left you can see the ski track you take

to get to the lift 

...

update

shopping in town today

produced a beautiful Swiss made watch

for Greg

and a pair of really nice

trekking poles

for me

Then we found a fun place for sweet crepes

She made them right there while we

watched

I had a

Toblerone Crepe

(melted toblerone candy bar inside)

Greg had

milk and white chocolate

melted inside his crepe.

So yummy

Then we walked on the other side of the river,

back to the street for our hotel

but found a

REALLY good Italian Pizza Place

So Good!