We’re on a trip around the world!

We loved be able to walk out our door to head out for huge, all-day adventures. We loved waking up to the sun rising over glaciers and grassy meadows and living in towns where cars feel out of place. It’s something that will no-doubt bring us back to this part of the world, and it’s something that we’re trying to figure out how to take back to our part of the world, too.

Natalie and I set off one morning from our apartment to hike up nearly six thousand feet from Zermatt to the Hörnlihütte. For those of you that aren’t married to my wife, you can save yourself about four thousand feet of climbing by taking a gondola like a normal person; but, alas, this is what I signed up for when I proposed to her.

We couldn’t see anyone in any of the rooms, and there was no one waiting in the lounge area we were standing in. No one to take cues from or to ask questions.

Spa roulette? I said.

We found a glass door labeled Dampfbad, and I got excited.

I know what this is, I said to Natalie. Let’s start here.