{"id":2282,"date":"2015-09-05T12:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=2282"},"modified":"2015-09-07T13:51:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-07T17:51:30","slug":"day-8-more-zermatt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=2282","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 \u2013 More Zermatt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to mountainous areas, you need to expect days with some cloud and rain, and today was one of those days.\u00a0 We had light drizzle on and off, and mostly cloudy with some sunny breaks.\u00a0 Therefore, we didn&#8217;t plan to venture too far, and stuck around town.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a typical scene from today.\u00a0 A bit cold, a bit wet and mostly cloudy, but still lots of people around.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2283\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Switzerland2015\/P9057341-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking down one of the side streets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2284\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Switzerland2015\/P9057349-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A rare moment where the Matterhorn peeked through the clouds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2285\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Switzerland2015\/P9057355-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We then spent some time in the Matterhorn Museum.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an excellent exhibit, with a lot of stories about the first tragic ascent of the mountain.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re in town on a rainy day, I recommend spending some time here.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2286\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/wp-content\/pictures\/Switzerland2015\/P9057367-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the evening, we had a lovely dinner at our hotel, where I\u00a0ate probably the best wiener schnitzel I&#8217;ve ever had.<\/p>\n<p>The weather forecast for tomorrow is supposed to be cold but very bright and clear.\u00a0 Unfortunately, we&#8217;re leaving Zermatt tomorrow.\u00a0 However, if we do get some clearer weather, we&#8217;ll probably delay our departure until later in the day so we can get in a few more outdoor explorations before we leave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to mountainous areas, you need to expect days with some cloud and rain, and today was one of those days.\u00a0 We had light drizzle on and off, and mostly cloudy with some sunny breaks.\u00a0 Therefore, we didn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/?p=2282\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-2282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-switzerland","tag-zermatt"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2287,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2282\/revisions\/2287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hodson.ca\/Travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}