Saturday the 24th December we flew Swiss Air from city airport (which was so nice) to Geneva, then we caught a train to Zermatt. We stayed the first night in a hotel as we where meeting the others the following day. The village was so beautiful and we had a really yummy sausage for a rather late lunch! We went out for dinner that evening at a really nice restaurant with a set 5 course menu – lets just say we stayed quite a while to finish the food and it was not the last 5 course menu we where having!
Sunday the 25th – Christmas Day – we opened our presents to each other this morning before meeting up with Simon’s brother Dave and heading off the Chalet. After dropping off our stuff we went skiing. Josh and I went with Larissa, only we missed the last ski lift down the mountain (4pm) so we had to ski down a road (off-piste) and in the dark no less – let’s just say it was quite stressful! That evening we met up with Ben (his parent’s chalet) and all went out to celebrate Christmas Day with another 5-course menu!
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| The train ride down |
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| Sausage in the street |
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| The taxi's as there are no cars in Zermatt |
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| Some of the fancy hotels don't even use Taxi's they use horse and cart. |
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| The church in the village |
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| The village |
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| Christmas Eve Dinner - Josh, Me, Larissa, Simon, Steve |
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| Check out the following photos in sequence they are Josh and I trying to get into position for Larissa to take a photo of us with the Matterhorn |
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| In position but no Matterhorn so we had to move again |
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| No more moving for Josh he has given up! This was the photo! |
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| Skiing home off-piste in the dark! |
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| And yes it was now this dark as we where still making it home! Very interesting night skiing! |
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| Christmas Morning! |
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| Christmas Dinner: Dave (Simon's brother, Steve, Larissa, Me, Josh, Ben (Dave's friend), Simon |
