Is it really 7 years since we were last in Switzerland. SEVEN YEARS. That’s a crazy and seriously sobering thought.

Is our much smaller family any closer to returning? Well we have various plans to get there but ultimately it all depends on how Hawklad is doing and feeling. It’s just about keeping the light burning brightly and being patient.

Patience is the word.

Before I started visiting this wonderful country, I desperately wanted to see two massive Swiss Treasures. The mighty mountains, The Eiger and The Matterhorn. The Eiger was an immediate success. On my first trip, I could see the mountain as the train carried us away from the airport and towards Spiez. Then the next day, a trip in Spring snow to Grindelwald, the clouds parted to reveal its awesomeness. Every holiday seemed to bring more and more epic Eiger encounters.

Then we come to The Matterhorn, the PESKY mountain. The clouds never seemed to part, the mountain never made an appearance. For years it was like that. Summer, Autumn, Spring, Late Winter, always the same result. Arrive at Zermatt and the thickest of clouds had rolled in. But with patience, eventually the clouds did part. That first time as I pushed baby Hawklad in his pushchair, trying to stop him bawling out Zermatt high street. It was seriously cloudy, one last not so hopeful look and unbelievably the clouds parted for a few brief seconds. It was so worth the wait. I so wish I could find that photo I managed to take in those brief moments . But the spell was broken and from then on, no more mountain in hiding.

So yes, let’s hope for a return to this magical land. Just got to be PATIENT.

43 thoughts on “Swiss Sunday”

  1. Those mountains are quite majestic! And just like those clouds magically parted for good, you both will be reunited for good again one day soon. It will be worth the wait. 🙏

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  7. Those two mountains are simply breathtaking! I could look at these pictures all day, occasionally closing my eyes to imagine being there, sipping hot coffee in an outdoor café from whence I could see the mountain. Sigh. Great pictures, Gary! And you WILL get there sometime … maybe not this year, but soon! I feel it. Hugs!

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  9. The first proper mountains I saw were in Switzerland and I have loved them ever since. I think what is worth having is worth waiting for. It becomes that much more special.

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