Japanese June 19, 2006 - July 11, 2006: Trip to Europe
	June 23, We got up at five in the morning to view the glow in the morning sky of Matterhorn.
The thick cloud started to resolve and the top of Matterhorn appeared in gold at six in the morning.
	The mountain looked clearer in the sky. We will walk around the foot of Matterhorn today.
Tasty breakfast was of buffet style. Ham and cheese were very good as expected.
	We started at eight in the morning in hiking wear. Gornergratbahn took us to the view point at the altitude of 3089 meter. We walked up to the top 3130 meter height.
Matterhorn 4478ｍ soars high in the blue sky.
	I was surprised to find a big hotel on such a high place.
I stood on the peak, 3130m.
	Great panorama of Monte Rosa.
We then went down to Rotenboden (2819m) by train and started hiking. Riffelberg pond reflected Matterhorn.
	The hiking course was covered with beautiful highland flowers.
We enjoyed a wonderful hiking to Riffelberg.
	We took lunch here with some tour members. Cheers to Matterhorn!
We fully enjoyed a wonderful lunch time and then returned Zermatt by Cornergratbahn.
	We walked around the town. There were some mountain climbing tool shop. My husband was happy to see them as he had been a member of mountain climbing club in university.
I was happy to see beautiful flowers blooming here and there.
The dinner was local dish of potato and sausage. Tomato soup and dessert were great as well.
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