this morning, but were really slow moving. We finally went down to
breakfast, then walked around town. Many of the shops, restaurants,
and hotels are closed for low season. Even at that, I managed to find
a couple of pairs of socks, Lonnie purchased a carrying case for his
tablet so that he can leave it running to track where we have been, and
we got the cutest birthday present for our Granddaughter Brynn.
We also visited the cemetery. So many young people have died while
trying to climb the Matterhorn. It is really sad.
After that, we stopped by the Walliserhof to have some raclette. I
didn't get any last time we were here, so I just had to have some this
time. Then we caught the train to Tasch, grabbed some groceries at Coop,
and headed for our next destination.
I would like to say it was that easy, but nothing is ever that easy when
we travel. We have our Garmin GPS, our netbook GPS, and my phone's
Google maps GPS. For some reason they could not agree on how to get to
our next destination, which is Lenno, Italy.
We chose what we thought would be the quickest and easiest way since we
were running behind. It wasn't. We drove on hairpin curves through
several towns, only to find that the pass over the mountains was closed.
We had to go back where we started and choose another route. This
route had us climbing to the very top of some mountains, over one of
the highest bridges anywhere, through heavy snow and thick fog. We are
now in the Italian Ticino region. Once again it will be very late when
we get to the Hotel. Fortunately, this is the last hotel we pre booked
until the end of the trip, so we will be able to move as fast or as
slow as we want to after tonight.
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