Two weeks of skiing and conferencing is seeming to weigh on us. The legs, although not sore, are starting to fatigue and the prim and proper groomed slopes not looking as appealing as when we started this venture. I attempted to find some off piste sections with some success but nothing sustained. The kids' lessons are going well but the late nights and early mornings has weakened their resolve and increased their sillies. We took an easy day today - catching up with the kids at lunch and then taking one big run all the way down to Zermatt from the top for the afternoon ski session. This left us some time to browse around town and get a sense of what Zermatt is all about. From above on the Gondola and hill it looks like a quaint little village with plenty of history - down on the ground it's a bustling tourist mecca with souvenir, high end Swiss watch shops, chocolatiers, bakeries, ski/snowboard shops, fashionistas, and hotels/restaurants. The watches are incredibly pricey with tags listing to $150,000!! In the end it's just a watch right? We bought the boys some token Swiss Army Knives ( My First Victorinox) with their names engraved on them and Piper a cute little water bottle with a pink fairy design to even the score. Dinner was served by Chef Morfar and sous-chefs Cole and Piper and was of the Japanese sushi theme (complete with wasabi of course!). Again - hats off to the chefs - it was tantalizingly tasty - and onward to another day!
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