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Aletsch glacier

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That year we had decidedhave decideddecidedI don't know to visit Zermatt, the international Swiss resort, located in the canton of Valais. It is well-known thanks to the Matterhorn which overlooks the Swiss town of Zermatt. Have you ever beenDid you ever goHad you ever goneI don't know to Zermatt? It is worth to goworth goingworth goI don't know there. According to our own planning, we have to catchwe were to catchwe will catchI don't know the Gornergrat cog-railway in Zermatt, the highest cog-railway in Europe, in order to take a close look at the Matterhorn. Once at the top of the Gornergratbahn station, 3089 metres, we were speechless. We can getcould getwould getI don't know 360 degree view including four-thousand-metre-high peaks, the Matterhorn right in the centre, and further on the right side, the Mont Rosa. Two days later, we had decideddecidedhave decidedI don't know to head for the second point of interest: the Aletsch glacier. To get there, we had to reachwere to reachreachedI don't know Eggishorn (2869 meters) with a cable-car. At the terminus, the platform revealed a breathtaking view of the glacier : «the Titan among all Alpine glaciers». I had walkingwas walkingwalkedI don't know along this fascinating glacier when I have peeredhad peeredpeeredI don't know at this interesting information sign. It is saidsaidsaysI don't know that the Great Aletsch glacier was the largest and the widest glacier of the Alps. It said that it hashadhaveI don't know a length of 22,6 km and an area of 81,7 km², surrounded by impressive four-thousand-metre-high peaks such as the Jungfrau, the Mönch and the Gross. I stopped to readstoped readingstopped readingI don't know, I was dumb of surprise.