zermatt

On Sunday, we woke up SUPER early and drove to Zermatt (almost 4 hours away). Thanks to Tree for driving the whole way there and back while the rest of us snoozed off and on! We all had a first on the trip - we went on a "car train". That's right, it's kind of like a ferry that you drive on, only its a train you drive on and then the train takes you through a tunnel through the mountain. It was fun and gave Tree a short break from driving:

This is what the "car train" looks like:

Unfortunately it was cloudy in Zermatt (and windy and snowing), so it made seeing to ski difficult. The group helped me to improve A LOT and I made it down a couple slopes I never would have gone down without them. Thanks to Tree's help, I ended up with Tree falling on top of me at one point. Tree thought he killed me, Lauren thought he broke my leg/gave me a concussion, but it was fine :) The highlight of the day for me was gluwein in an igloo!

When my feet and legs couldn't handle it anymore, I went back down the mountain to Zermatt and found a bar for lunch.

I couldn't resist - it was St. Patrick's Day. With every Guinness purchase, you got a free hat! 

So I got a hat each for the boys: 

Despite the weather and pain in my feet, it was a fun day. I'm looking forward to going back so I can actually see the Matterhorn!