It is so hard to write when you pass the entire day jumping from one lab to the other and so on...
2-3 weeks ago we succeeded to take a time off and go somewhere in Switzerland, because after all, the French region around here we already know...

We went to one of the most famous ski cities in the country (at least we think so), we went to Zermatt!!!
I 've never been to place where you go on vacation just to ski or just to walk walk walk, or as my colleague who was also there says, hike!

It is a super über nice place. The city is car free (sg that an American or a Brazilian can imagine). It means, you leave your car in one of the cities before Zermatt and go up by train (15 CHF round trip without the demi-tarif). We got a good hotel, but you can also run for lodges, albergues, apartments or expensive hotels (up in the klein Matterhorn). Our hotel had a view to the Matterhorn, but not our room, which had a view to the city.

Well, so what you do on a place like this? climb to the mountains by walk (not my style) or take the cable car (a bit overpriced), but when you have your ski stuff, you have to use it. The funny is to see people around in 25 degrees with the ski coats and trousers.

We opted to go for the walking. As totally out of ideas about what to do, we took a huge breakfast (delicious) and out for the mountains! But where? we got a map and decided: Gornergrat it is. after all it is just 3km and that I do all the time...but...

Yeah, but...I didn't count the inclination of the mountain...when you are not prepared that can be a pain in the leg, literally speaking...so we went up one km and found the GornergratBahn, I was never so happy to find a train and up we went. Walked around, saw amazing views, interesting people, a glacier (or a mer de glace), something like a sea of ice...I wanted to walk in that one, but maybe it wouldnt be what I expect it to be. Than we walked down a bit more, and took the train to the hotel. As I said this is not exactly the kind of vacation I am used to which is go to a paradise beach, drink coconut water and drinks meanwhile staring at the beach, walk in the sand and that's all for some days. THis is what most Brazilians do I think. From now on I decided to change this vacation style and go more to these other type of paradise places.
Zermatt is said to be expensive, after all, hotels and trains are, but food is exactly like in Geneva.



A good place to spend some quality time. Ah, this is funny to say: I got a little sunburned! I really thought that wouldn't be possible for me, as I am used to Brazilian sun. Guess what, up in the Gornergrat observatory there was a station for measuring cosmic radiation...well, you can imagine how our faces were after walking around the entire day 3100m high...

THis will be out target next time, up to the Toblerone chocolate symbol mountain...