Zermatt & the Matterhorn

Yesterday, we had an amazing time visiting Zermatt & the Matterhorn (a.k.a. The Toblerone Mountain). All 14 Canadian students, 4 Canadian supervisors, 2 KLAS supervisors, and 25 KLAS students went together on a coach bus. We had breakfast at 6:20am and headed out by 7am. We arrived at a town called Tasch at 9:30am and took a short train to Zermatt.

Here we are waiting to board the train to Zermatt:

A good chunk of the train was standing room only:

The 4 Canadian supervisors, along with Ben & Ben (from MMC), took another train up to Sennega. This train went directly up through a tunnel in the mountain. From there, we took a cable car to Blauherd, and then hiked another 15-20 minutes to see Lake Selisee. Lake Selisee is the famous mirror lake at the Matterhorn. It was an incredibly gorgeous view.

On the way back down to Blauherd, we visited a cute herd of sheep!

The rest of the crew did short hikes around Zermatt & explored the little tourist town. A number of students picked up chocolate from the Lindt store and a host of other souvenir shops. Unfortunately, Switzerland is not a cheap place to shop!

At around 3pm, we started our return route home, arriving back at the school around 6pm. It was a great first major excursion for the team.

Today, a few of us are going to head to Montreux for a few hours in the afternoon, but most of the crew is planning to rest up and sleep. It has been an excellent but busy & tiring week.

FYI: The MMC supervisor Mrs. B is also posting on the blog here and there, so you may see some other posts from her on the blog now and then. 

Tim & Elviene