Gornergrat hike down to Zermatt Switzerland

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Heading back down the Gornergrat by train, but instead of riding all the way down this rack railroad we decide to walk part of the way down. And it's a nice easy hike down. We're going to take a stroll downhill, and downhill, and downhill, it's all downhill. Some Swiss people love to hike uphill. They feel it's better exercise, but for us going downhill is just the ticket. You kind of get into the groove and enjoy the scenery, especially with the Matterhorn off there in the distance. And you can kind of float down when you get into the flow of the right speed and the right angle with your feet, or so it would seem. We made it. Well not quite yet, we're not all the way down yet, we thought we were but looking at the signpost, okay, we have a little bit further to go. Some more downhill legs, passing a new house. They build the new ones in the old style using the local materials. There's lots of lumber here, lots of trees growing all around, and they harvest these trees very carefully while preserving the forest.