Waking up in Winter Wonder Land......

Wow wow wow.....so we finally made it.....got to our hotel at 1am, long day. My last words were feels like I am sleeping on a cloud, the bed was so nice & comfy. I woke up during the night & looked out of our doors at the balcony, I said " it's snowing" I could see the snow falling. So we have breakfast, this was truly spectacular chandeliers everywhere & silver cutlery that was so shinny it was like a mirror. This place is a Palace, I feel like a princess here. The bathroom is wall to floor marble & room to move...

Lake view from our room......

We have fallen in love with Montreux & Gstaad what a magical place this is. This is the highlight of our trip....just magical, this should be on your bucket list if you haven't been!!! As we board 1st class on the train heading up to Gstaad, we move out from Montreux (500metres) and its all ooh's & aaaar's & wow wow wow!!! Every where you look left & right, up & down its a post card views!!! Our horror day yesterday is now a distant memory. We are definitely coming here for a winter sooner rather than later & a summer too so we can soak up the views for all seasons as this place has touched us both.

We played in the snow like little kids who went to the snow for the first time, all the snow you see only fell in the last three days, so the timing couldn't have been better! The cold here is a dry cold- much easier to bare rather than the damp bitter cold of London, yet there is tonnes of snow here??? Anyways, on the way up the Alps, the ticket inspector checked & marked our "reservation ticket" & on the return trip they looked at our rail reservation again and didn't clip it!!! $164 (not charged for) return trip for 2 well deserved after yesterday's debacle & did it in 1st class. Today we had soooo much fun & really fell in love here, the people, the scenery, I understand why so many multi millionaires have property here in the Riviera. It was nice watching snow falling, so pretty & magical..... The only disappointing thing about today is, it will come to an end. The bright news is we will be on our way to Venice in the morning, again in 1st class, the rail travel is so much more enjoyable & relaxing over flying. A new chapter in our travels await us.

Panoramic view of Gstaad.....

How pretty is this Church?......

Just magical......

Just like a Ginger Bread House.....

So much fun...

Having fun in the snow.....

Having the best time ever.....

What are you going to do with that.....

Still smiling....

Well I think our smiles say it all.....the best day ever!!!!!