The UNREAL Village At Bottom Of The Matterhorn - My Journey Thru Swiss Alps & Zermatt Cheese Fondue
Zermatt Switzerland & The Matterhorn
Transcript
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Today's adventure begins as the
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recording of this Tuesday, December 9th,
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2025. Peeking out my window here in the
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hotel I'm staying at in Zurich,
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Switzerland.
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But I'm going to be heading out,
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checking out momentarily, walking over
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to the train station, and catching a
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train into the Swiss Alps.
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It's time.
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Had a good time here in Zurich. Zurich
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Zer.
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And now I'm off.
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This is my window view. And when I get
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to the new hotel down in the Swiss Alps,
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I'll show the view from there as well.
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very short commute to the to the train
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station from the hotel to the train
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station.
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Heck, maybe 100 yards door todo.
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Got a few minutes. I think I got about
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35 minutes till I board the train at the
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platform. I should have time to grab a
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cup of Joe, grab a cup of coffee before
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heading in. I take two trains to where
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I'm heading. Like about halfway there. I
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got to get off, get on another train,
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and then reach my final destination for
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the day. It's a train day. Welcome
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everyone. Adam the Woo here. Not
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necessarily just a train day. should
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have enough time, if all goes well, when
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I reach the town I'm going to be staying
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in to do a couple things in that
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vicinity and just check out the new
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terrain in the Swiss Alps that I'm
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heading to. I'm excited. Join me. It's
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good to have you here, shall you? All
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right, I'll show the Zurich mug here at
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Starbucks. And then also here is the
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Switzerland. Not going to buy any mugs.
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I'm just kind of running out of room
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with buying records and everything. And
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I've already got I've already got so
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many mugs as it is. But this is
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definitely really cool. We got the
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fondue on there. I got to get cheese
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fondue still as well. And spoiler alert,
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this is kind of the area that I'm
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heading. So yeah, if you know,
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you know. I think most people probably
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guessed it before. Everybody knows me.
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The baristas in the Starbucks are like
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the the happiest people ever. They were
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so so joyous and kicking the day off on
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a good foot. Said happy day. And she
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said, "If you don't know what this is,
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if you can't interpretate my artistic
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renderings, that's a bear." Said, "Okay,
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that's a bear." Got myself a sugar-free
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vanilla latte at some point. I got to
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get that fondue as I missed yesterday.
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But I also got to get some hot chocolate
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and chocolates because you got to get
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some Swiss hot chocolate, right? That's
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on the agenda, too. My train departs at
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10:02.
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So, I got about 25 27 minutes. Little
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less than a half hour. That bird just
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flew by. This is a goodiz clock. A lot
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of big big clocks here in this country.
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This is one of them.
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A little bit bigger than the one in
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Celebration comparison wise. Okay, I
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think I found the correct gate. So the
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102. I'm not seeing on my anything on my
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ticket that says the A. But I do say
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that there is a transfer in Visp, which
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means I would go through Burn Sun speeds
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and then arrive in Visp, get off there
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and get on another one. But I'm not
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seeing the IC8 anywhere on my ticket.
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But 10:02 and transfer at Visp is
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pretty sure that's it.
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Crossing my fingers. All right, looking
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at my ticket, it says IC812,
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but on the signs, the one 12 is omitted,
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but I'm just going with the time frame
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of the 102 departure.
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Okay, just gave me a little finger. I
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wasn't even filming it. Also, this logo
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matches up.
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>> Actually, there's no really anywhere on
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any of the platforms. There's no
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information boost or any any workers
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walking around. So, I'm just rolling the
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dice on this one. Whatever happens
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happens. I mean, I'll just grab another
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trade if it's not the one. Is it?
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>> All right, I'm on my way.
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So, this goes to burn RN first and then
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a couple more stops and then I get off
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into this, I think,
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I guess when the usher
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approaches, I can ask a little more
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info. I couldn't find anyone in the
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station to ask information from.
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I think I got this. I got it. Scenic
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view to the Alps.
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>> I think there are more scenic routes on
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this. There's one that's very scenic,
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but it was sold out for like the next
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four days. So, I'm opting for this one.
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Hopefully, I get some good good views.
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Foggy, foggy today.
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>> All right. I've now stopped in Burn
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and as far as I know, I'm supposed to
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stay on this train. till I get to fisp
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and then exit.
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All right, now reversing direction.
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Still going the right way, but going
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backwards.
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Also should be noted that first leg of
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the trip no one asked for a ticket and
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now finally an usher is coming down
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checking tickets.
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So I'll be able to ask
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>> first physical person employee I've seen
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all day
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>> as far as asking information.
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Passengers traveling to Spicerman.
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Fitigum, Candenstein
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and Interlan, please change to the
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connecting service.
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>> You know, it's kind of funny as I stop
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here in Spi
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Z. That kind of looks like the matter
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tree at Disneyland. The tree horn.
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right there.
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>> Yeah, when you're certain areas of the
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park, they use it to block the Matter
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Horn when you're at Disneyland,
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especially if you're like on the top row
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of pirates.
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I don't know. Maybe it doesn't look like
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the Matter Horn, but I have Matter Horn
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on my mind because I'm going to be
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seeing it later.
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All right, I've arrived
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in Vis.
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I just got to find the platform and
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train
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it to go to my next stop. It's 12:05.
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Well, 12:04 Zerat
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platform 3.
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I'm going to say platform 3.
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Well, there's a couple of them going.
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There's 1211 and 1237.
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It's 12:06. I think I got to get on the
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1211. Platform 3. I got to get moving.
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Yeah, I got to get moving. I got 5
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minutes.
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I think this is it.
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the seats were pretty filled up. So, I
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pulled down one of these little ones by
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the luggage rack. I think it's only
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about an hour ride, so it should be good
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right here.
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thing I'm noticing is how clean that
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water is. Not muddy or murky or
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anything.
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Actually going uphill now. The train is
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going up the side of the mountains.
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Heat. Heat.
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Yeah, the first leg was highspeed train.
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This second section, there's no possible
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way you could go at high speed cuz
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you're just winding through the
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mountains.
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Very windy uphill and awesome.
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That's a waterfall.
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>> All right, I think my stop is next.
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Zerat.
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Going up another mountain.
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Keep going up.
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>> All right, I've arrived.
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1:20
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p.m. here in Switzerland at Zerat or
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That was definitely a good pretty scenic
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ride. More scenic than I thought it
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would be. Unreal. Unreal.
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Weather's so good.
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Look at this little thing.
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What is that on the back? Oh, I thought
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that was a yeti, but it's actually three
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goats
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or three sheep, I should say. Kind of
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look like a yeti, though. Yeti on my
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mind.
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All right, I got to find my hotel. Looks
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like there's a big bike riding town.
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So, these are the automobiles.
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Snow cabs, they call them.
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Amazing.
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It's only a half mile to my hotel. I
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think I'm going to hoof it. It's called
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snow cabs. Look at these things. I love
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it here.
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Snow cab overload.
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Snow cab. Who ordered a snow cab? Or
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if you don't want to take a snow cab,
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you take a horsedrawn carriage.
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Where am I? This is so good.
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Oh, this is so good. So good. So happy
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right now.
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That' be one way to get to the hotel,
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right?
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Take a horserawn carriage to the hotel
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or a snow cab.
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Looks like every automobile here looks
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like the snow caps. Got their Christmas
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tree up. Now I'm really getting in the
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holiday spirit.
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I'm
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>> in snow.
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And yes, I do have my Crocs on for now.
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Come on. Come on. They're putting
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Christmas trees up. These workers over
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here are putting trees up throughout the
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town.
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Horron carriages.
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Let's go.
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Oh,
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>> I love this weather so much. I feel so
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good right now. Light hoodie, feeling
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nice.
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I'm in a dream world.
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Ah, this is good. This is go so good.
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As I'm walking to the hotel, I just
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get my first glimpse
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of this iconic mountain
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peeking up over
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the top of those structures.
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That is the real
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unbelievable. Look at that thing.
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I love it. Love it so much. Throwing out
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the salt
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on the road there. the workers in town.
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Yeah. I think when I get to my room,
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I'll put the shoes on.
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Do a little exploring. Hopefully I can
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check in now. And if not, put my bags
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away.
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A carving of this tree. This looks like
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some sort of a tobog. What do you call
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that?
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>> Yeah, maybe a boat of some sort.
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>> Bob sled.
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>> Could that be a bobsled?
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Love the hillside
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houses here. Got the flowing river down
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here.
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Here's the cemetery at the base of the
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Matter Horn.
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Yeah, I got to put my bags away. Do some
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exploring. Shout out to Ryan. All right,
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then. Okay.
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That is a sight to behold.
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Entire village.
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Until recently, until very recent, I did
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not realize there was an entire little
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town village, quaint, cute, and
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beautiful at the base of the Patter
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Horn. I didn't realize that.
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I really love it here. I really love
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this town.
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I just strolled in my first impression,
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but man, it's nice.
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So cute. I am officially checked in my
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room and I really
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am happy with this room. The room itself
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is amazing. But wait till you see the
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view. I'll start off with the
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facilities. Got a shower and a nice tub
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commode. Decent size sink.
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Good size mirror
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so I can opt for a shower or soak in the
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tub.
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I've already pulled open the balcony
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door to let some fresh air in. I'm all
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about the fresh air, even when it's cold
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and crisp. Decent size bed.
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Big cabinet here, which has
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safe in it.
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Place to hang up your jackets and
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clothes.
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Coffee maker right down here of some
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sort. Tea kettle, which is nice.
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be trying some of the local
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some of the local stuff as well.
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Also, one thing I was noticing too is
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they have a place to put your shoes
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where it doesn't completely, you know,
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mess up the floor. So, you got this
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little thing down here that almost is
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like a dish strainer in ways, but it's
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made to put your shoes. I'm guessing
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it's made to put your shoes on there.
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Got my suitcase over there. Got the bed.
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Looks pretty cozy. But the real selling
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point is the view. Look at this. Now, it
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is a shared balcony. It's not a shared
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room. I have my own bathroom. I have my
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own bed. I have my own living quarters,
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but the balcony is a shared balcony.
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Right now, no one out here.
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This is the freaking
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view.
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>> What? What's happening? What's happening
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right now?
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A couple chairs here for me. My
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neighbors over there. if let's say if
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any who knows if anybody's even going to
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be staying on the shared balcony. But
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yeah,
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I'll be sitting down here a lot.
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Oh my lord.
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This is unreal.
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I'm going to put some stuff away, charge
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a couple things, and then do a little
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rooting around the town.
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I am pretty happy right now. Overwhelmed
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in a way. This just doesn't feel real.
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It really doesn't. Oh goodness. Oh
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goodness.
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Those are birds.
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>> Hitchcock.
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would be
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very proud. Look at those things
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circling
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over the top of town.
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All right.
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Can't wait to walk around, see some
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stuff there. The river all snowy, cold,
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There is a Matter Horn museum.
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I'm going see if it's open. Learn a
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little bit the about the real
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Matterhorn. And also
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walk around this cemetery.
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>> [bell]
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>> Oh, well hello there.
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The church also
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some graves as well.
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Lots of recognition here for Zerat
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and Mount Matterhorn.
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Uh-oh. This isn't looking good.
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Not open today. Today's Tuesday as I'm
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filming this. only open Friday,
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Saturday, and Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00.
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Sad trump.
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It wasn't meant to be for me to get in
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the museum and learn more about the
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Matter Horn. Not 3 to 5, 3 to 6.
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Misspoke on that one.
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I would have timed it out right because
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it's almost 3 now. It is 2:35.
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So, in a half hour it would open, but
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it's not Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. So
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what can you do?
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There are lots of Matter Horn images.
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Entire town is built around it.
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Built around the fact that they're at
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the base of the Matter Horn. I love it.
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Definitely got to buy a lot of
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merchandise.
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Definitely going to get some stuff.
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Some magnets, a couple shirts.
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Be great to have a couple shirts. Take
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one of them next time at Disneyland. And
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I go on the Matter Horn bobs slots and
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wear it. Wear it there. Oh, this is such
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a cool spot. Oh, it's one of those big
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horn things.
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Like the ricola horns.
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>> Was that from Switzerland? Rola.
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The lozenes.
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It might have been
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all kind of places to eat,
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drink,
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be merry,
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I need to get some cheese. I need to get
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some souvenirs.
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I need to get some cheese. And more
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cheese. Little guide map when it comes
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to wooden street sign. All the different
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chalets and lodges, hotels,
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accommodations, rooms,
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places to stay.
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All the snow taxis out and about taking
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guests where they got to go.
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It's also catching a glimpse of the
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iconic mountain
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right there. Should be getting a little
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sunset soon. Sun sets pretty early and
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because the mountain range,
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the sun will peak behind the mountains
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even before sunset even happens.
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But the sun sets behind
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the glorious Mount Matterhorn.
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look like he's chowing down a little
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snack
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And then there's a plushy version right
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there, too.
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Oh, and then look over here. There's
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another one in the window.
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You're going to get some souvenirs. You
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might as well go to a souvenir place
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that's named after the village itself.
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Stop in here. See what they got. Got a
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bag full of items. Some of them are
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wrapped up. So, I'll show what I get.
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I'll give a little haul when I get back
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to my hotel room. But I got some pins. I
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got a cap.
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Similar, but not this one, but similar
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to this.
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Oh, that's so good. So good.
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Love all the Matter Horn merch. Love it.
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Ah, Edward Wyamper on July 14th, 1865
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set forth from this hotel with his
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companions and guides and complete the
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first successful ascent of the
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Matterhorn from this hotel. This place
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kind of gives me Gatlinburgg vibes in a
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lot of ways. If you ever been to
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Gatlinburg, it kind of has that street
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and Gatlinburgg vibes. Look at this.
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This is a piece of bread.
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I don't know what it's supposed to
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symbolize.
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Huh?
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Look at that. That is That is a pretzel.
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That makes theme park pretzels look like
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amateur hour.
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>> Oh yeah.
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>> Look at that. It's got the cheese on it.
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There's Mr. Edward Yamurer right there.
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He is signified all over. He just
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doesn't give a fudge fudge. Thought I
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said something else, but
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some kind of cheese. They have a little
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cheese snack in here. All right. I
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didn't get any cheese, but take a look
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at these handmade
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mountain cookies
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with little matter horns on them. And I
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got a couple other chocolate items in
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here that I'll again I'll show when I
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get back to my hotel because it's just
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too much to give. I'll put them in this
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bag. and I'll give her a little haul
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later.
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Oh yeah, I'm going full on matter. Don't
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count how many times. Don't count how
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many times I say that word, the M word
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in today's or the whole duration of my
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stay here.
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>> No, this is not a guide map around
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Walt's original magic. Oh, light just
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turned on.
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That's a pretty sweet poster, too. Kind
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of gives you all the correlation of the
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different hiking spots. And no, I will
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not be hiking to the top of the Matter
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Horn. I'm already a mile up.
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Can't imagine climbing that in the cold.
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Being an out of shape guy like myself
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would not do well doing that.
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>> But in my duration of being here, I will
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find other ways to get close to it
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>> and get upward on it.
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But when you're looking at the one in
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Anaheim, which I passed many times,
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driving down the freeway, you can see it
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from the freeway, especially before they
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built all the the hotels between Orange
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and Anaheim. first moved to Anaheim in
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2015 and being a Disney annual
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passholder at Disneyland for 10 years
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but with the exception of two year 2020
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21
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been on the attraction that is inside
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this created by Bob Gurr
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genius attraction
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just amazing to be seeing the real thing
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that inspired
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that ride that sits if you're walking
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down Main Street USA off Just to the
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right of the castle. Oh, take a look at
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the name of this one. Matter.
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>> I don't know why that made me laugh. It
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makes me happy. I don't know. I'm happy
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to be here. I'm easily amused. Yeah.
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Literally, when it comes to this stuff,
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take my money, please.
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Still looking for the appropriate shirt,
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though. Which one? Like all the
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different goats. Look at these little
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car these face carvings up here. The
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different heads like this. Look at this.
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That's good, right? That's good. That's
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like a hand painted. Go. Oh, I wish I
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could put this in my luggage cuz look at
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this. It's a snow globe. Oh, that's the
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best thing ever. Oh. Oh, that is so
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good. That's so good.
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So good.
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Again, easily amused. But that is so
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good.
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I wish I could take that back. Maybe
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they have it online.
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Oh, that's good. Oh, here's a smaller
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one down here. Look, there's all these
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little snow globes.
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Look at that.
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Ah, sometimes you'll see snow globes in
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places that don't really snow, but it
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really snows here. In fact, it has been
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has been snowing. Touch at your own risk
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cuz these goats right here. See, touch
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at your own risk cuz those goats,
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[clears throat] they might maul off a
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finger or something perhaps. Look at one
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of the guys that's like scaffolding
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down. You know, at Disneyland, they used
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to have people that used to scaffold
35:38
down the attraction of the the
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attraction at one point. They don't do
35:43
that anymore. They haven't done that.
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I've never actually seen it in person.
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I've only seen photos of videos where
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they used to have people, what do they
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call it? Not hiking, but like
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scaffolding down with the rope and
35:54
everything. But they don't do that
35:55
anymore. I don't do that anymore in
35:58
Anaheim. There be a lot of Anaheim
35:59
references during my duration here. All
36:02
right. Each place I've been buying stuff
36:03
says, "Would you like a bag?" Oh, no.
36:05
Just I'll just throw it in the bag I've
36:07
already got going. So, my bag is filling
36:08
up again. I'll show everything I bought
36:11
a little later this evening. And there
36:13
is no Starbucks in town, which is fine.
36:15
There's plenty of coffee here. However,
36:18
thought if I was going to buy one of
36:19
those you are here, you were there,
36:22
you were somewhere mugs that Starbucks
36:24
have, I think if I was going to get
36:27
another one, which I don't really buy
36:28
too many of them. That dog is eyeballing
36:30
that Christmas tree. This would be a
36:32
good place to get it. But the town has
36:34
intentionally kept Starbucks out of this
36:36
town, I read. However, there is a
36:39
McDonald's, so I guess that whole thing
36:42
doesn't make any sense. But either way,
37:01
some of the local papers they have for
37:01
sale here at the kiosk store. Seen a lot
37:04
of these in Switzerland. The kiosk store
37:05
is pretty popular or convenience store.
37:08
Oh, I like the classic postcard look.
37:11
Very classic postcards.
37:33
Then you got the more modern day
37:33
postcards. Well, kind of modern day.
37:41
I have to get a couple of these, too.
37:41
All right. Got a few. Got five
37:43
postcards.
37:46
Put them in my bag with all the other
37:47
stuff. There's also a full calendar if
37:49
you want a full calendar.
37:51
>> Your son's a bit.
37:53
>> I went with the postcards. I'll put them
37:55
in the bag.
37:56
>> See lots of Swiss chocolate.
38:00
This place been a tradition since 1836.
38:03
Not seeing a lot of cheese, though.
38:06
Not seeing a lot of cheese. Not as much
38:09
cheese as I thought I would say. Oh,
38:11
these might have my name all over them.
38:13
Do I need these boxers here?
38:26
I don't know. That's pretty good.
38:26
That's pretty good. That's pretty good.
38:28
How about a How about a food placement?
38:40
>> That's good.
38:40
These socks also. Where's more shirts?
38:44
I've already got one shirt.
38:46
Like that one, too. That's pretty good.
38:48
Here's the altitude.
38:50
Right now, I'm a mile up. Not counting
38:53
going to the top of top of the tippy top
38:57
of the M word.
39:10
I'm having such a good time just walking
39:10
around looking at all the merch.
39:14
>> Oh, over here. These are like bells,
39:18
right? Are they bells? Or maybe they're
39:21
Oh, yeah, they are bells.
39:24
>> Yeah.
39:27
Okay.
39:39
Oh, someone has built a little snowman.
39:39
Right down here. That's great. A little
39:42
snowman. And up here climbing up through
39:45
the snow
39:47
they have the sculpture
39:52
of the man himself.
40:01
Well, that might be a different guy
40:01
>> than the one I was reading about on the
40:02
side of the hotel. [laughter]
40:22
>> There's a crate place right here that
40:22
looks very, very popular. People are in
40:24
line for it. Take a look down here.
40:26
There's like a little place called the
40:28
little bar. Hang out in the coolest
40:30
bars. That one goes right underneath the
40:33
crate place. Just a little bar in the
40:37
basement
40:39
of this very old school building
40:43
with a little cute balcony.
40:46
And that crepe wine is pretty lengthy.
40:57
I did find a place that had cheese
40:57
fondue, so I'm going to go back to it
40:58
later. I just wrote my stuff up. Look at
41:00
this old building. This is awesome.
41:03
You got the newer Well, I thought that
41:05
was construction, but it's not. That's a
41:07
finished building right there.
41:10
Interesting.
41:12
It almost looks like something's under
41:13
construction, newer building, but it's
41:15
not. I really like this. It's been
41:18
fenced off
41:20
for whatever reason. This is probably
41:21
maybe not structurally sound anymore,
41:23
but a lot of the old buildings in here
41:26
with some of the new stores.
41:29
There's another older building here.
41:46
as designated
41:46
by the amount of chimes.
42:31
And then
42:31
and then there are people in town
42:33
like people from
43:11
Oh, there's the police right there.
43:11
That's the police. That's a police
43:13
vehicle.
43:21
That's different, right?
43:21
Look at that. Something's flying above
43:23
it.
43:25
See it flying way above it there.
43:37
it's definitely dropping a little bit
43:37
now that the sun is starting to consider
43:39
let's consider this dusk. So, it's only
43:42
going to get colder. All right, here's
43:44
the merchandise I got. Got the little
43:47
Matter Horn cookies. Got some socks
43:50
right here. I got some chocolates in
43:53
here, which I'm going to take out of
43:54
here and display on the on the balcony
43:58
with the mountain in the background.
43:59
I'll show that momentarily. Also
44:01
probably do the same with all the pins.
44:02
I got I got four different pins of the
44:05
mountain. I got this magnet with a
44:08
thermometer. I got this other magnet. I
44:11
got a little patch. Not sure what I'm
44:13
going to do with it, but I really like
44:14
it. And I got these postcards, the retro
44:31
Yeah, not bad.
44:31
Not a bad little haul. All right, I'm
44:34
going to take out the little cute little
44:35
chocolates, put it in front of the
44:37
mountain, and I'll take the pens out
45:06
It is just so cool that that
45:06
is
45:22
I am a long way
45:22
from Celebration, Florida.
45:26
Snowcap Mountains.
45:30
Snowcap ground.
45:32
People out sledding.
45:35
Beautiful, beautiful
45:38
evening.
45:46
But I am wearing an appropriate
45:46
celebration t-shirt underneath my
45:50
Universal Hollywood hoodie, FanFest
45:53
hoodie. And
45:55
look at this. I got the new beanie on.
45:58
Feel pretty good right now. Feel really
46:00
comfortable. Very beautiful soaking all
46:02
this in. Probably could use some light
46:05
gloves, but not too bad. to see how how
46:08
long I'm out walking around. But this is
46:10
just something.
46:17
That is just something else.
46:17
I know I keep reiterating saying that
46:19
over and over, but
46:22
unbelievable.
46:25
I'm in the Swiss Alps.
46:28
Long, long way from out.
46:32
There's a cross up there.
46:38
All right. This is what I've been
46:38
looking for.
46:40
Cheese place.
46:59
All right. This is kind of an
46:59
interesting setup. It's all on the honor
47:02
system. So, you add it up. Mine came to
47:05
$8 and change. You add that up, throw it
47:08
on there, tap your card,
47:11
and then you walk off. So, I got my
47:13
cheese. No employee or anything. Just
47:16
have the door open.
47:19
It's all on the honor system to get
47:21
yourself some Swiss cheese.
47:25
I got some
47:28
I don't know what this would be.
47:30
Alcas.
47:32
And
47:35
look at that. It's got the mountain
47:36
right on the side of it in the cow. Can
47:39
munch on this a little bit later in the
47:41
room.
47:45
I wonder if you're just supposed to put
47:45
it on crackers or something or if you
47:46
just eat it. Just eat it like a candy
47:49
bar. We should have done a Family
47:51
Matters episode
47:53
where they came here. Steve Urkl
47:55
treading very lightly because this is
47:56
very steep and there is ice on it. It's
47:58
not a lot of ice. But I'd rather not
48:01
slip until I get to a little more level
48:03
non-cobblestone ground. But Steve Urkel,
48:08
eat your heart out. Got any cheese? Yes,
48:11
I do. I'm going to throw family matters
48:15
in here for no reason. All right, I
48:17
passed the store. Plenty of places,
48:19
plenty of winter accessory places here.
48:21
So, purchase some gloves. I have one of
48:24
them on at the moment. They're good
48:26
because I can use my phone, use my
48:27
camera. So, I got the glove here and I'm
48:31
going to put the other one on, but
48:32
momentarily.
48:34
So, even though the museum's closed, I
48:36
did a quick little research about that
48:39
first climb, Edward Wimper or Wiper,
48:42
1865
48:44
was the one that came up with the group
48:46
or he was the leader of the group that
48:48
climbed to the very very top of the
48:50
mountain, the first time ever. and he
48:53
was the only one of his group that
48:55
survived with the exception of two hired
48:58
guides they brought with him. Both those
49:00
guides survived and Edward survived but
49:04
everyone else, the four others perished
49:07
because the rope
49:09
was attached. One guy fell and the other
49:11
four were attached with him and he fell.
49:14
And Edward Whimper or Wiper was accused
49:17
heavily of cutting the rope to not be
49:21
pulled down with the rest. It's kind of
49:23
interesting because if they were all
49:24
falling anyway, I'm not sure what the
49:27
conspiracy is with that, but evidently
49:30
he was
49:32
acquitted of the charges or he was of
49:35
the rumors or whichever. I don't know if
49:36
it went to court, but it was said that
49:39
that did not happen. But a lot of people
49:41
still believe that that was the case and
49:43
he was at fault for cutting the rope.
49:47
I mean, who knows? But I guess it was
49:49
big big news back when it happened.
49:52
Edward lived 50 years almost 50 years
49:55
longer, like 45 years longer to 1911 or
49:58
1910 or 1911. All the others perished on
50:02
that first climb up to Matterhorn in '
50:05
65 and they are buried in the cemetery.
50:08
All right, I'm going to go find their
50:09
graves. And since Edward, you know,
50:11
survived 40 plus years more than the
50:14
others, he is not laid to rest here cuz
50:17
he was elsewhere
50:19
when he passed. Lived a good long life.
50:29
I just got to find where their
50:29
headstones are.
50:48
also notice how there's all these
50:48
candles through here.
50:50
That is very beautiful.
50:53
the candles
50:55
over where the urns are
51:05
and then where these graves are also.
51:05
Now there is no headstone or resting
51:06
place for Lord Francis Douglas
51:11
because his body was never found. The
51:13
others were found.
51:28
might be kind of tough to find because
51:28
it is dark out some of the others.
51:35
There's kind of an image
51:35
the headstones and then looking up at
51:39
the at the mountain. All right. The more
51:41
I'm looking around, I'm thinking that
51:43
they are over here closer
51:45
to the actual church
51:48
than they are on the lower portion. In
51:51
fact, this here, this rock is dedicated
51:54
to the unknown climber.
51:58
It's the grave of the unknown climber.
52:00
And it says so right down there,
52:12
but evidently it just wasn't back in
52:15
that someone fell from the mountain.
52:16
It's happened many times.
52:19
And some were and some weren't found. So
52:22
if you follow that around, you can see
52:26
Michael Cross
52:29
is right here. Michael Augusta C Cross
52:33
Cros C O Z
52:38
July 14th, 1865.
52:41
and it's covered in snow, but one or two
52:45
of the others are
53:04
the first ascension up to the top of the
53:04
Matterhorn Mountain
53:10
and they are laid to rest right
53:10
underneath the church steeple and the
53:12
church building.
53:19
Here's a piece of art artistic rendering
53:19
came out a long time ago pic depicting
53:23
what happened and the four that fell.
53:26
believe that would probably be Edward
53:28
who survived.
53:30
And then there's the other four that
53:32
plummeted.
53:34
They didn't they didn't get all the way
53:36
up there.
53:48
Here they are. Yeah. So, what they don't
53:48
tell you on this is that Lord Byron and
53:50
the other three perished that day. And
53:53
not only they depart out of here to
53:55
climb up the mountain. And I read this a
53:56
little earlier. Evidently, they ate a
53:58
meal in here to get ready for it before
54:02
heading up. I read that account
54:03
somewhere. I'm not sure if it's 100%
54:05
true, but you could just kind of picture
54:07
back to July 14th or at least around
54:10
that time.
54:17
They were having their meal. They were
54:17
excited about what they were going to
54:18
accomplish. And it is now 6:00. [bell]
54:36
as noted by the chives. I think that was
54:36
six or was it seven? I think it was six.
54:39
I was talking over the first couple.
54:41
Also, I mixed up his name. It was Lord
54:44
Francis Douglas.
54:46
Not Lord Byron. Totally different guy.
54:49
And even though he is not again laid to
54:51
rest here, there is a little plaque.
54:53
There's a few plaques for all the guys
54:56
going down this main road as you head to
54:58
the mountain. All right, I found him
55:00
right here. Lord Francis Douglas, 1847
55:06
to 1865. He was very young. 1847 to
55:10
1865.
55:12
passed away on July 14th along with the
55:15
others when they fell from the mountain
55:18
in July 14th of 1865.
55:21
He is the only one whose body was not
55:24
found.
55:25
So he is honored here right along the
55:29
wet cobblestone.
55:32
All right, I think some food needs to
55:34
happen. I walked by here earlier and
55:36
said they had cheese fondue. So
55:39
I go inside this place. Theodor's
55:42
Stuba
55:44
Wallershoff.
55:53
Open every day 11:30
55:53
to 10:00 p.m. Hot Stone Fondue Chenoise
55:58
and cheese fondue racklet. Not sure what
56:00
that is, but I see cheese fondue and I
56:03
need some. Oh, there's Walt. Look at
56:07
that before walking in here. That was
56:09
accidental.
56:13
Right inside the front door when you're
56:17
walking when you're walking inside this
56:19
place. Look at Walt right there. All
56:21
right. I got to admit that was my very
56:23
first time ever eating cheese fondue. I
56:25
think you can get chocolate fondue also.
56:28
Didn't realize exactly what it was and I
56:30
had to even ask the waitress when she
56:32
brought it out. She goes, "You want
56:34
this? The traditional?" I'll go, "Yeah,
56:35
give me the traditional." And turns out
56:37
it's just like kind of oversized chunks,
56:39
like not breadcrumbs cuz they're not as
56:40
crunchy as breadcrumbs, but like slices
56:43
of bread that's like two or three times
56:45
the size of a bread crumb. And then she
56:48
said, "You take the you take the little
56:49
utensil, the little tong thing, you dip
56:52
it around, slosh it all around, then you
56:53
spin it eight times till it all drips
56:56
off. Stick it on the plate, take the
56:57
fork, you can put salt, pepper on it,
56:59
whatever you want. I just decided to go
57:00
straight in cheese and ended up having
57:03
my cheese fondue. I don't know if I'd
57:05
ever get it again. It was a lot of
57:06
cheese and bread and I do love bread. I
57:08
do like cheese, but it was just that's
57:09
all it was. But I did it. When in
57:12
Switzerland, you have some cheese fondue
57:15
and I got mine right here at Theodore's
57:19
with the Mword off in the distance.
57:23
That's kind of cool. had a photo of of
57:24
of Walt in there cuz Walt here, Walt
57:27
stayed here many, many times,
57:30
especially in the late 50s when he made
57:33
a movie called The Third Man on the
57:36
Mountain about the ride that he built
57:41
that came out. The movie came out, Third
57:43
Man on the Mountain, just a few months
57:45
after the Matter Horn ride opened. So
57:48
they basically built the Matter Horn to
57:49
promote the movie almost like they built
57:53
Sleeping Beauty Castle to promote
57:55
Sleeping Beauty. Oh, had the Disney
57:57
company has changed. They would never do
57:58
that now. But they did it then.
58:11
[bell] And the hotel I mentioned
58:11
earlier, the first climb, the first
58:15
achievement getting the top of the
58:16
Matter Horn. the guys met here.
58:20
Right across the courtyard [music]
58:21
where the bells are ringing at the
58:23
church tower is the Grand Hotel Zur
58:27
Zerma Turhoff.
58:30
Walt Disney stayed here quite a few
58:32
times. This is where this was his hotel
58:35
of choice. Not where I'm staying, [bell]
58:38
but he stayed here. I'm going to go in
58:40
the lobby. See maybe if they have
58:41
anything relating to Walt. Maybe they
58:43
have some pictures in here of Walt.
58:45
Maybe. You never know. They do have
58:46
Santa here. Santa ringing a a bell as
58:49
well. See if this opens up as I go in.
58:52
Maybe possibly he does. Let's see what
58:56
they got. All right. I went inside and
58:58
asked if they had any photos of Walt
59:00
staying there or any kind anything
59:02
photographic homages to Walt. And they
59:04
said, you know, they try to keep all
59:06
their guests private. They said he
59:08
stayed here a long time ago this year,
59:10
which I kind of figured was pretty
59:11
obvious because he passed away in ' 66.
59:13
But yeah, no no photos of Walt in there.
59:16
After that, after all that cheese, I
59:17
kind of in the mood for like a sweet
59:20
Swiss Swiss, it's hard to say. Tongue
59:22
twister treat. Maybe some chocolate.
59:27
Maybe even a hot chocolate.
59:29
When in Switzerland, right? I had to see
59:31
the tree lit up
59:34
when I got into town earlier. It wasn't
59:36
dark yet. Now it's dark.
59:38
>> I want to see a tree lit up. There it
59:40
is.
1:00:05
Pretty interesting how every single
1:00:05
automobile are the same rectangular
1:00:09
type of things. So cool.
1:00:20
>> Oh, now that I'm walking a little
1:00:20
farther up, check it out. Edward Whimper
1:00:22
also has one on the ground, not only on
1:00:25
the side of the hotel, but also on the
1:00:27
ground here.
1:00:35
a surviving member of the first time
1:00:35
anyone ever got to the peak
1:00:38
of the matter.
1:00:44
Turns out a lot of the places are
1:00:44
already closing up all the chocolate
1:00:46
shops.
1:00:48
So I might have to just rely on my
1:00:51
little matter horn cookies that I got
1:00:53
earlier that are back in my room.
1:01:01
Unless between here and there I find
1:01:01
something.
1:01:38
Take a look at this. There's a pub right
1:01:44
But then this entrance to the door looks
1:01:44
like the mountain itself. Or that almost
1:01:46
looks like a yeti's haircut.
1:01:49
Picture a yeti face right there. Right,
1:01:52
Harold.
1:01:55
This Christmas tree has a bunch of wine
1:01:56
bottles.
1:02:11
All right, back in my room now. Going to
1:02:11
devour a few, two or three or four or
1:02:14
maybe more of my Matterhorn
1:02:19
heart-shaped cookies.
1:02:28
The mountain is now hidden under the
1:02:28
shroud of nightfall up there,
1:02:32
which means Harold is out.
1:02:35
Scarald the Yeti lurks them real matter
1:02:39
do. I'm thinking
1:02:42
that's going to do it for today. Thanks
1:02:43
for watching. I'll see you in the next
1:02:45
video. The flock
1:02:49
even these cookies are hidden in the
1:02:51
shroud of nightfall.
1:02:58
There's snow on the ground,
1:02:58
a chill in the air,
1:03:00
and cookies in my hand
1:03:04
hidden in the darkness.
1:03:08
The vlog
1:03:18
Someone just threw something off the
1:03:18
balcony at the place next to