We left Ascona to drive to Zermatt and the very nice lady at our hotel reception said that we should take road around the lake rather than driving the Centovalli road. It would take longer but was not as narrow or winding. Did we take her advice? Of course not! We regretted that decision later because the Centovalli was perhaps the narrowest, curviest road we have ever been on - even worse than the Conor Pass in Ireland. The road was super narrow and at one point we met a car pulling a travel trailer coming from the other direction. We both slowed down to a crawl as we held our breath inching past each other. We did manage to get by without losing a mirror or scraping the side of the stone hill on our passenger side. After what seemed like hours of pretty intense driving we came out of the Centovalli only to realize we now had to drive the Simplon Pass! No worries though as the Simplon was nothing compared to the others we had done and soon we were parking in Täsch to catch the train up to Zermatt.
We checked into our hotel and found out we had received an upgraded room - nice! We had a large terrace off the bedroom and also another terrace off the bathroom. We spent the late afternoon sitting on the terrace and enjoying the view of the Matterhorn and even ordered room service and ate it on the terrace. After all the driving of the last few days, we just wanted some time to chill and relax. I did some journaling while Mike had a nice massage.
The next morning we woke up at 6:00 so we could get showered and dressed to catch the sunrise colors on the mountain. We had scouted around a little bit after dinner last night and decided the area right in front of our hotel was the perfect spot to get a photo without the construction cranes in the way. We were out front at 6:45 and got some blue hour photos and then waited for the magic to happen. Finally at 7:15 as the sun rose, it shed a lovely rosy alpenglow on the top of the Matterhorn. High fives and hugs exchanged at our good luck then it was back inside to a nice breakfast to celebrate. We were so lucky to have good clear weather to see the mountain. The afternoon before had been a little hazy but it was crystal clear in the morning, hooray!
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