Today I went to Zermatt with a friend. The weather was lovely and we had lunch with a beautiful view of the Matterhorn.

On the way up from Visp there was a very sudden stop of the train on the open track, followed by a long pause. For at least 15 minutes the train was unable to continue due to some technical issues, we already thought we had to walk up the rest of the way. Luckily, the train then suddenly decided to work again and we reached Zermatt with some delay.

While the town looked nice, it also somehow felt a bit like an „amusement park“, where most things looked like mostly being for tourists and it didn’t feel like there were people actually living there. And of course there were a large number of tourists all across the town.

On the way back we stopped in Spiez to have dinner right next to the Thunersee. With the sunset the mountains turned red and gave a very nice scenery for dinner. We also saw the Sigriswiler Rothorn (to the left of the Niederhorn), where we recently filmed a Skyrim music video in a cave.

Today’s train ride brought me to Einsiedeln. The weather was very nice and I spent some time walking across the Silhsee. Very lovely views to be had.

On the way back, I stopped in Arth-Goldau, where the train to mount Rigi leaves. I didn’t have time to go on Rigi today, but as the train to the top is included in my travelcard, I will go there at some point.

In total, I have already visited 16% of all stations in Switzerland. However, most of them were around Zurich and eastern Switzerland which is quite close to home. The stations further away, for example in the French speaking part of Switzerland, will take a bit more time.