day 9 – Mountain Climbing

July 2, 2015

From the Locarno we left the lake, driving into Italy by the Valle Vigezzo to Domodossola and then up and up over the Simplon Pass.
We had a good look around here at the snow and the green grass and enjoyed that being on one of the tops of the world feeling, with the wind and distant chains of rocky summits and cow bells and motorbikes, mostly Harley Davidsons and BMWs Elis says, coming up the pass and going on down the other side.
Our eyes were a long time popping and the descent was like a silent ride down a long, smooth winding road with motorbikes gliding pass us between each hairpin bend.
Wallis, waterfalls, ice, lorries, pine martins, a parking place reserved for helicopters, Aletsch glacier, luftseilbahn, some mountain macaroni for tea at the Hotel Glacier, Fiesch.


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