Today marks the triumphant return of Sheila and I to the great Glacier Express train to Zermatt. This time we came prepared with a ridiculous amount of tickets to ensure a safe voyage to the Matterhorn. Last time our trip was cut short when we were forcibly removed from the train after arguing with the conductor about the validity of our Eurorail passes… long story short – we lost the argument, ended up stranded in Stalden, and very nearly lost our passes altogether. This time was different, brimming with confidence we flashed our swiss cards to the train conductor, jumped on the first train northbound and rode that mother up the mountain into the clouds. The Matterhorn is definitely everything its cracked up to be.  While all Sheila could think about was Toblerone chocolate bars, I couldn’t believe that we were actually walking around at about 10,000 plus ft above sea level.  We have some rad pics, and we are in the middle of sorting out the technology to upload them. 

Stay tuned for pictures! depending on the whether or not the computer is working (turns out Richard is both a robotics genius and a crazy computer hacker who doesn’t pay for software) we should have some pictures up in the next couple of days.  Emanuela, our hostess with the mostest, has invited us for welcoming drinks? (apparently welcoming drinks happen 1 week into your stay) so we’ve prepared ourselves appropriately with advil and some crazy swiss medicine in case she busts out the Grappa (like an Italian vodka but a million times stronger)

As well as conquering the Matterhorn, I have also conquered the freestyle snowboard park, while Sheila has mastered her ability to snowboard all the way down the mountain, finish a beer, and take the lift back up before anyone else can catch up to her. It has been a wicked week thus far – the sun has been shining everyday and we all look like a bunch sunburned raccoons. I can’t believe while we are out on our patio enjoying a glass of vin du valais, you suckers are all at work! please direct all death threats to the comment section.

Ciao.

Jay