Today we had to leave the hotel a little bit earlier to catch the ferry taking us to the southern side of the Vierwaldstätter lake. From there we took the Ärcherlipass, the smalest road so far, and stopped on top at a local cheese producer. After the Sustenpass we went into the Göschener valley, where a picknick was already waiting for us. We continued on the Furkapass and in the afternoon we arrived at Täsch, where we had to park our bikes and make the rest of the way to Zermatt with a cab followed by a little electric car, that took us to the hotel. As the weather was good we could see the Matterhorn high above the town. What a nice day!

... there she is - Lisa

In this special storage house Christian has the 2 year old cheese. This one even has a picture of Wilhelm Tell imprinted.
Maybe some of the guys from last year's Ultimate Alps Tour remember this wheel of cheese

Well, at the end of a day full of hard work, you deserve a rest on this bench. And this is exactly what it says on the bench: The "Fyrabigbänkli"

The arrival at the garage in Täsch was celebrated accordingly
Zermatt is a car-free village.This is the reason why we leave our bikes in the garage down here in Täsch.

Well, as promised, the last ride of today will be in one of these electric "shoe boxes". Sid thought it might be safer with his helmet on

Alarmingly fast, those little carts

a little electric cab in front of our hotel in Zermatt - what a luck that it had a luggage trailer

Today we went deeper into Switzerland and went over not less than five pass roads. It took us the whole day to get to Brunnen where we spend the night in a beautiful hotel next to the  Vierwaldstätter lake.

Riding in the Alps is a dream of every motorcyclist, and Björn and Angela are happy to take this group of riders from the United States and from Brazil on a loop of the most beautiful mountain roads. Our rides during the following 9 days will take us from Mieming in Austria, where the Edelweiss Bike Travel headquarters is located, into Switzerland, and Italy.

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The weather on the arrival day didn't look very promising. But from now on it could get only better

And also, of course, welcome to our Ultimate Alps Tour

... everything is in perfect order

Lisa, also from the USA, walking down the walk way to the "Gacher Blick". She looks like a motorcycle model, doesn't she

Passo di Stelvio - a pass that is on the bucket list of many motorcyclists. The second highest paved pass road in Europe - something worthwhile to achieve
At night at the hotel everyone was proud to have made it

Bruno - probably the most famous sausage stand in the world right on top of Stelvio pass