Tuesday, Sep 8: All around Zermatt

This morning at the hotel breakfast.
Time to mail postcards to the grandchildren.  Let's see if Swiss Post can beat us home.
Enjoying the varied (and old) architecture from around the streets and byways of Zermatt.



A short break on one of the many conveniently located benches around town.
Street musicians panhandling for tips ... just like New York but with a Swiss twist.
Many benches around town are adorned with a welcome message, "great to see you".  I'll need to be careful when I sit.
Relaxing on a bench in the warm sunshine (it hit 66 today) strategically placed with a Matterhorn view.
Posing with an ibex statue in front of the Matterhorn Museum.

2015 celebrates the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the first summit of the Matterhorn.  That ascent ended in disaster when four climbers fell to their deaths on the way down.  The Matterhorn Museum displays the tattered rope that broke allowing the four climbers to fall but potentially saving those attached to the other end of the rope.
Black faced sheep grazing in town.  No, I didn't eat one tonight.
The many varied and equally stunning pictures of the Matterhorn from various locales around town.



And to close for the day, Beverly poses with a wooden statue of a hiker during a hike out of town.
Tomorrow we continue our journey across Switzerland bidding the Matterhorn farewell on a train journey to Grindelwald (near Interlakken) in the Bernese Oberland.

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