Welcome to you from Zermatt in Switzerland
I'm starting out here just about the midpoint of the city or village I should call it
Village of about 5,500 people at an elevation of 7,500. No, I'm sorry, 5,500 feet
It's famous for being near the Matterhorn, a very beautiful peak type of mountain
It's April. We have snow on the ground still. What we're going to do is we're going to head towards the train station
A little bit of rain coming in. So I'm expected to get quite a bit of rain here in the next couple hours after a beautiful afternoon
The rain is coming. We have 5,500 feet elevation. I took the train in from..
Toon. $90. Matterhorn Museum
I've seen some spectacular hotels around here. They do have a festival going on right now
Zermatt Unplugged. Now we're coming up into like the main shopping area here
This is really where it all comes to life. Skiing is a big thing out here
So it fondue And beer And cappuccino
And wood with rock. Real natural rock. Coming in on the train I saw
homes with shingles. they were not shingles fabricated they were rock like granite
what do they got over here
souvenirs but what is this? snow on the ground there's snow on the ground still alright
it's like the homes over here use basements so the doors are on the top
but you step down into the home kind of buried in the ground a little bit
I would assume that's something to do with the weather probably not good for flooding but
it's built on a hill so everything slopes down so I don't really see this flooding
anything is possible when you're near a glacier or a mountain that has heavy
snow that melts when snow melts if it's snow packed and it was a heavy, heavy, heavy snow pack
and then all of a sudden in comes the sun and dries up all the rain
as they say and that stuff melts, it'll flood I've seen it
I've heard of it gotta watch out for those things those cargos or
I guess they're taxis I mean It's good if you got luggage and you need a taxi if you walk on the street
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you got paragliding out here they actually have a Matterhorn railway
that will take you up to the Matterhorn essentially to the peak
and the sun just keeps coming out more and more more than I thought
That's the way to Zermatt Unplugged. If I go over there, I get..
Alright so I not going to really go into Zermatt Unplugged festival right now but I am going to show you guys around Zermatt
Very impressive town, village, in the Alps here in Switzerland. The sun comes and the sun goes. That's all I can say about the sun here
It's definitely much more pleasant when there's a shimmer of sunshine opposed to the clouds
okay I'll show you around this main strip here
kind of go this way towards the Matterhorn and then we'll turn back around
around and finish at the train station. They are calling for rain here in the next hour
So I'm going to be leaving in an hour. I've been here since 10. We are at 5,500 feet elevation
There's a population around 5,500 people here that live here full-time, but during peak travel season, you can expect a whole lot more people
Like right now, probably all the skiing, Zermatt unplugged. We're talking around 20,000 at least
At least. Come some horses
I can hear them jingling. There's one way to get around
Sure, that's how you want to get around. Jingle jangling. With some beautiful horses
Saw some Clydesdales over there. At the train station. That's Zermatterhof
That's who had the horses. Thank you
Thank you