Posted 08 July 2011 - 08:23 PM
Been a busy day today!
Got up at 5 am and we went straight to the station. Took a train to Zermatt, then another one up to Gornergrat. At 3112 m it's the highest place I've ever been to! Also, the view of the glaciers were... stunning. I couldn't comprehed the vast amount of space I was seeing, the valleys are just humongous! We even also saw Matternhorn, and only the very tip was hidden in the clouds. It was glorious! And gods I was nearly shitting my pants from all the open space around me - great new experience. Also, the air at 3km is apparently rather thin. Had trouble breathing and had a headache, but it was still a great trip. Awesome stuff. Pictures incoming at some point!
After that glorious morning, we went back down and rode to Bern, did some sightseeing there as well. Then it was on to Romanshorn for a view of the Bodensee, if very brief - it was getting late and it was time to get back to Glattbrugg. Had to scrap seeing Basel as well.
In any case, I'm absolutely trashed and tired. Time to catch some sleep now - we'll see what tomorrow brings.
GODS this country is beautiful. And expensive as hell too.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.