The Travels of Eric and Lorna

The Glacier Express After two great days in Geneva, we took the train to Zermatt , most famous for the Matterhorn. We stayed a night in Zermatt . Zermatt is a charming, if touristy town. It is all pedestrian, so you get to walk a lot, and of course the scenery is amazing. Here are a couple of shots. The first one is the main square of Zermatt , where the train comes into town. Like I said, it's touristy, but still kind of cool. The whole town is basically hotels, restaurants , and shops. Here is a view down the main street in Zermatt . Everything is pretty expensive, but as I have noted before, that is Switzerland. Cleanliness and efficiency are not free! At the hotel we got lucky and had an amazing view of the Matterhorn from our balcony. Here is the view from our balcony. All of the buildings in this photo are hotels. The open lot across the way, the corner of which is visible in the photo, was for sale. I was very curious how much it was. Many millions, I imagine. ...

Switzerland and Italy, June 2005 The plan on this trip was to meet L's best friend, in Geneva. She had already been in Europe for a week or so. The three of us would tour Switzerland, then split up, with L and I heading to Rome, and S heading to Paris. The whole concept of being able to tell a friend "OK, let's meet in Geneva at noon on July 23rd" is very cool. I recommend it. Geneva is a beautiful city. Absolutely the cleanest place I have ever been. We were in Switzerland for five days and I never saw a single piece of paper, trash, or anything. It is a clean, efficient, well-run country. Consequently, it is expensive. Bring some money. We flew in on Sunday morning, and the airport was deserted-we were the only people in our terminal. We took a cab (a Mercedes , which was nice) to the hotel, dropped off the bags, and went walking around the city. It was deserted-we saw maybe 10 people the first hour, but gradually people started showing up. One of the big attract...