Friday September 20

 Well, we have come to the end of 
our stay in
Zermatt, Switzerland
Tomorrow morning we head
out on the train to
Grindwald, Switzerland

We have thoroughly enjoyed our time here .

We had a wonderful hotel

Perfectly situated.

our only complaint was,

no fridge

But, we found an alternative option,

since it was pretty cold at night,

we just left all our drinks, cheese, etc.

out on our patio

(in a protective bag since the birds Really liked our cheese)

worked Great!

So this morning...

As usual, we had a great sleep in this

DARK room.

But we did finally get up

and go downstairs for breakfast.

I think my body was telling me today,

" OK, that's enough cheese "

So I had toast with apricot jam

and a banana

Perfect

After breakfast we headed out to rent some

mountain bikes

We ended up with

full suspension E-bikes

So Fun.

(met a really nice couple from Ireland)

We rode up and up and up

got a little lost

but some amazing views

rode over a dam

and then up some more

came back the way we had come

down, down, down!

Good thing we had good brakes!

We needed them

Lunch back at our hotel

then out on the bikes again

This time we headed

to see the canyon Gorge

it was amazing !

But had to ride up and up to get there,

and then hike up and up

the Gorge.

on a narrow wooden bridge

attatched to the canyon wall.

pretty amazing.

All in all, a pretty great day of riding!

We rode back down,

toured a bit more of Zermatt that we had not

previously seen

then returned the bikes!

A little more shopping down main street

and then back to our hotel for dinner and to pack up.

When we arrived,

the hotel owners

(Who we had gotten to know pretty well)

told us that we had left

a pair of riding gloves at the Bike Shop,

I remembered putting mine down while returning

the bike,

But the owner said, 

" I'm going to visit my father in a little bit and 

will be going right by there,

I will pick them up for you!"

Service doesn't get much better than that!

So, We are winding down tonight

Sad to leave this beautiful place

with hopes of returning someday!

But either way

feel so lucky to have had this wonderful experience

in this amazing place called

Zermatt