melissa's visit

Melissa came to visit! We had so much fun. She did a lot of skiing, a little touring of Zurich, and we enjoyed a wonderful weekend in Zermatt with my friends Daniela, Piotr, and Adrian. It was amazing to see the difference a year has made in my skiing ability since I was in the same place last year when Tree & Lauren visited. I've graduated to red slopes and was able to see the Matterhorn for the first time (last year it was too cloudy)! It was so beautiful that I wanted to stop every ten minutes and take a picture!

Dinner and beers at Zeughauskeller for Melissa's first night in Zurich:

 



Picture on our balcony Friday night after a fun train ride to Zermatt:

 



 

Lots of Matterhorn pics...It's so beautiful!

 

 

We skied all day Saturday. It was windy (making the gondolas and even chair lifts SUPER scary), but great.

 

 

 

At one point the conditions turned - whiteout:

 

We skied down a scary narrow and steep red slope, but the reward was worth it - this amazing après-ski bar:

 

 

 

We had dinner at the famous Whymper-Stube fondue restaurant. Whymper was the first to ascend the Matterhorn in 1865.

 

 

 

Melissa and Adrian convinced me to go skiing with them on Sunday as well. It was snowing the whole day so the slopes were practically empty. It was another full day of skiing (my first 2-day-in-a-row-ski experience and boy it was tiring!).

 

We had a great time. Thanks to Melissa for visiting and thanks to Adrian, Daniela, and Piotr for going with us :D

 

Final picture Melissa snapped of Adrian and I walking on to the train Sunday evening. Carrying all of our gear for a weekend plus ski gear is NOT easy!

 

 

 

 

 

daniela's birthday

For Daniela's birthday, a group of us went skiing/snowboarding in Flumserberg.

 

 

 

And then out to Paddy's for the evening.

 

skiing hoch ybring

A hard but fun day skiing at a new spot - Hoch Ybrig. The weather conditions were not in our favor as you can see.