Monday, February 13, 2012

Switzerland and Paris


Switzerland while riding the train
Lake Geneva
Vineyards along the railway
Dave enjoying the train ride

Linda sitting back and resting along the railway
View of the mountains along to Visp

Looking at the various path ways up the side
looking down into the valley

Looking upward...see the path way widing upward
Typical living areas in along the railway

Mountain top

View of other train going past.
The quaint town of Visp, Switzerland outside our hotel window
looking down the road from our hotel.

Yummy Swiss restaurant. All in German. Waitress spoke little English.  She did panomine for us to figure out what the menu said.
For the Raclette, a half of the hard round local cheese is melted under a small table-top grill and the melted cheese is scraped onto your plate – it’s named after the French word racler, to scrape. It’s served with waxy boiled potatoes and cornichons (small pickled gherkins) and sometimes some air dried ham and salami. Dave is watching this chef make the Raclette. 
Dave goes snowshoeing on the mountainside
Dave and the group off on their snowshoes






beautiful view of the mountains







small lighted object lower right side is a truck smoothing the ski slope for the next days skiing.


Dave's view from the mountainside.
Dave and Linda enjoying the beautiful cold mountains.

View of the Matterhorn.
Mount Adler

Matterhorn behind Dave. Below minus 20 degrees..yes a bit nippy!
Linda and the Matterhorn.
small dots are actually skiers.
Dave standing along a pile of snow.  Yes, it is deep!
More downhill skiers
No motor vehicles in Zurich.  Linda standing next to Taxi in town.
View of the town of Zurich.




Swiss village
Paris France..book sales.
Musée du Louvre
La Seine

Opera



Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Ave Champs-Elysees
The Avenue of Trees
Arc de Triomphe

Dave with the Mona Lisa

Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris

Cathédrale de Notre Dame de Paris

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