Zermatt photos

I still never wrote about Zermatt, which was freaking awesome. YES the Matterhorn is real, not just a ride at Disney. Here it is in the background.

I will just give a short recap. I went with my friend Katie who I used to work with in Chicago. We took a really cute train ride through all of these valleys and vales and 4 hours later got to Zermatt, which does not allow cars which means they had cute little electric ones. We met 10 Swedish dudes (well technically, 9 Swedish dudes and one known as "The Dane") which was great luck because they were able to show us the good skiing and drinking places. Basically, we spent 2 full days skiing our butts off and 3 nights out really late drinking. It wasn't exactly a relaxing ski vacation., but Zermatt is a very special place. It is probably the best place I have ever skiied. Huge gondalas and nice chair lifts and so many runs. The lines can be long, especially because Europeans don't know how to queue, but once you get off the lift, the people somehow disappear. It's got to be as big as Vail but not many trees, so it is like having an entire mountain of gorgeous packed powder allll to yourself. You can go up as high as 3800m (we did) and also ski to the Italian border (also did but did not go in). I have a lot more photos but here are some!!

The North Wall, where we had to settle for pizza instead of fondue. But it was ok, because this is were we met the Swedes, who then took us to fondue the next night!

We skiied allll the way to the other side of the mountain on Frida for this sunny lunch spot. It was completely away from everything else. We sat in the sun, had real restaurant food (rosti!), drank beer and took in the view. Perfect!

Me and Katie at apres ski! We skiied to this place also. And we had to ski down. We played some drinking games with the Swedes, including some sort of bizarre hand jive and moose game. We taught them "two truths and a lie."

Jac in action...on the "good skiers only" run. Seriously, at the top of the run was a sign that said "good skiers only" and the run was not marked a particular color (eg, red, black, etc). Just that cryptic message. Apparently, I am a good skier!

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