Becca and I left Paris, France at 5:45am to get to the Guar de Lyon Eurail station by 7am. The night before we had a little to much to drink, so we didn't exactly sleep. Excitement and all! The Trains were confusing we had to take 4 different trains between France and Switzerland. 

Paris to Geneva.

Geneva to Lusanne.

Lusanne to Visp.

Visp to Zermatt. 

Nothing was in english, as usual, so we had to take chances and guess we were boarding the right train. We finally came across two boys from England. They were also going to Zermatt. Lucky for us they boys were cute and close in age. We sat together on the trains and helped navigate eachother in the right direction. 

The views riding up the Swiss Alps were amazing, I know I use that word a lot but there really isn't any better word to describe what we saw. White snow everywhere, clear flowing rivers, and mountain peaks resembling something from one of Dr. Suess's  books. 

Just as I was about to fall asleep, the ticket collector warned me we were 2 mins away. 

Our British friends, Becca and I were completely lost from there....

The city of Zermatt doesn't allow cars. The chemical combustion causes smog- which could cloud the view of the Matterhorn....so we were without a taxi and any form of hope as to how we could get to our hostel. 

Most of the town speaks a variety of languages so we found a few english speakers and they helped us to our hostel. Becca towed two of our suitcases, Henry and his brother had their skies along with giant duffel bags, and I had another suitcase with a giant backpack. We stood out like sore thumbs. We had to walk about 12 mins uphill to our hostel, but it was worth it.

The Matterhorn was in clear view. beautiful! our hostel is quite unique as well. Its called the Matterhorn Hostel. There's a little pub attached, the owner Mike (aka Sparky- the name of the pub) has already become familiar with us! upon arrival we threw down our luggage and started ordering drinks. We ordered a local beer on tap which was delicious and had them comming until we could check in. 

Becca and I share a room with a girl from Taiwan. So far thats it, but there are a total of 6 beds. Becca just went to bed and now I am about to also.

Goodnight and sleep tight till my next blog.